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TIL that the Epic Sax Guy is Moldovan

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j6ndp TIL that we found vitamin B3 on an asteroid
kO5 TIL ‘reddit’ means 'gives back’ in Latin.
6gNl TIL that in 1909 Sir Winston Churchill tried to enact the People’s Budget, based on the economic philosophy of Henry George. The People’s Budget sought to redistribute wealth and implement a land tax. In 1908, approximately 66% of the capital wealth was owned by 1.4% of all families in the UK.
LkQnv TIL during the Cold War the Canadian government commissioned a "fruit machine" to detect homosexuality
oBAV8 TIL of Battle of Cape Ecnomus, in which 1/5th of the Roman male population participated in. A total of 300 thousand men participated in a pitched battle that lasted mere hours.