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TIL Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund resulted in the Prime Minister and a UPenn educated businessman stealing all the funds ($12bn USD)

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VO88 TIL November 18 is Micky Mouse’s birthday. Steamboat Willie was released in 1928 and is considered by Disney to be his official birthday.
6EPR8 TIL that Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia were invited to Ford's theater by Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. They declined to attend because neither one of them could stand Mary Lincoln.
VBA6Z TIL that the construction of the Sydney Opera House was a complete failure. Exceeding the budget by 1400% and using 3 times longer. (7M and 4 years)
oLkY TIL that until 1987, broadcasters in the U.S. were legally required by the FCC to present both sides of “controversial matters of public interest.”
VBjj0 TIL During Ulysses S. Grant's world tour in Spain, Grant witnessed an attempted assassination attempt of King Alfonso XII from his Hotel De Paris balcony, saying he saw the flash of the assassin's pistol while Grant viewed the progress of the Royal Calvacade.