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TIL that the holocaust survivor Ellie Weisel lost his life savings in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme, and that his charity lost $15 million

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XxWk TIL that Google will award $30M to the first privately funded teams to successfully 1) land a robot on the Moon, 2) navigate it for more than 500m on its surface, and 3) transmit back high-def videos and images of the feat. Countries like Brazil, Chile, India, Hungary have joined the competition.
P1xon TIL that on Earth, sound has a "maximum" volume (194 dB)
R5Nnw TIL Pixar’s Turning Red is one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, only making 19.8 million on a 175 million dollar budget.
x6oy0 TIL I learned that Mussolini loved to eat bowls of raw garlic, to the point his wife couldn’t sleep next to him at night
8b4X TIL that your pupils can expand by as much as 45% when looking at someone you love