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TIL that the longest game of poker lasted 14 years.

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jNK9v TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin (which became the Taliban) during the 1980s to defeat and remove the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action program since World War II.
GYWKj TIL that NASA's 50-year project to research gravity and prove Einstein's theory of gravity was nearly abandoned after its research probe's instruments were off. It was saved by the donations of Turki Al Saud, a Saudi Prince whom holds a PHD in Aeronautics and Astronautics
ZlwQ TIL That there’s a subculture of neo-nazi’s hipsters. They’re called “Nipsters”.
EgrOp TIL that "Elefantenrennen" (elephant racing) is the German word for one truck passing another truck
d8lRQ TIL that when he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. had a nearly 75% public disapproval rate