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TIL That the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Has Offices Around the World and Has Overseas Investments in Companies

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KYpZR TIL about "Hypervelocity Stars"—rare stars that have been physically kicked out of the Milky Way by the supermassive black hole at its center. They travel at speeds up to 2 million mph, fast enough to permanently escape the galaxy's gravity and spend eternity drifting through the empty void.
XEMmP TIL “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening made a deliberate attempt to follow in the footsteps of Walt Disney. Groening said “I made Bart like Mickey Mouse in the sense that he would always be recognisable in silhouette.”
M7pPB TIL: about Nüshu, a chinese script exclusively used by women, that was almost lost after texts were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
XxeX TIL The US Government has spent about half a billion dollars broadcasting tv and radio into Cuba. The signal has always been blocked and 90% of Cubans have never even heard of the program. Congress continues to fund the program $27 million a year.
re61 TIL that in the ‘80s Susan B. Anthony dollars were so unpopular the US Mint had to keep $500 million worth of the coins in storage because there was no demand to circulate them.