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TIL There is a man who goes to carnivals and wins prizes (In the hundreds of thousands) and donates them all to charity.

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VWa0 TIL A survey conducted by Smithfield showed that 65% of Americans would support bacon as their “national food.”
rRk5W TIL about Biosphere 2, an attempt to create a closed ecological system that could be used in space. 8 people lived in the dome for two years - only needing additional oxygen and one hospital visit. The experiment was deemed a failure, and the glass dome is now used as a research facility.
N6p8 TIL that Granny from Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies real name is Emma Webster
Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
KvX6 TIL the US in the 1980s gave aid to Iraq in the form of biological weapons material, military training and more.