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TIL Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Nixon, Kissinger and Tito have all been nominated for a Nobel peace prize

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yJga TIL Disney renamed “The Snow Queen” to “Frozen” because they found that feminine titles are a lot less appealing to boys.
QNv7e TIL that an Ethiopian athlete, unable to find a suitable pair of shoes, ran the marathon barefoot at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, won the race, and set a new world record.
ZZv4 TIL that Mr. Bean Piloted an airplane after the pilot passed out. He saved the lives of all aboard. Did I mention he slapped the pilot awake?
OKe TIL Apple set aside a record-shattering $378 million for its CEO Tim Cook last year. That’s over $1,000,000 a day, or nearly 60,000 times the salary of the people who make the products that make Tim Cook rich.
gMvGL TIL the "lifespan" of the electron is 66,000 yottayears (6.6 × 1028 years) or about 5 quintillion times longer than the current age of the universe.