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TIL that Stephen Colbert is a Sunday school teacher

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awZy TIL that Unreal Engine 3 was used for the backgrounds in LazyTown
oR107 TIL Orson Welles' famous drunk outtake for a wine commercial was only shot to have proof for their insurance that they would be unable to film the commercial that day
0dyN5 TIL although Alaska cost 2 cents per acre when it was purchased for $7 million, it is an expensive place to govern due to how remote it is, its weather and natural disasters like the 1967 earthquake. Projects like the Alaska railroad were also more difficult and expensive to execute than anticipated
NgeN TIL JP Morgan bailed out the US Government in 1895
EgpLp TIL about pilot Robert Moriarty, who flew his plane under the Eiffel Tower in 1984. When reporters asked why he did it, Moriarty said it was “just for fun”.