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TIL The Susan Komen foundation (pink ribbon) only spends 15% of the money they raise on cancer research.

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R7NP4 TIL There are a billion missing years in earth's rock layers -- one theory is that Snowball Earth, where miles of ice eroded those rock layers and sent the sediment into the oceans where they were plunged back into the mantle to be recycled -- there are also no fossil layers before this period
J11nm TIL that Michael Jordan had to put away his cigar in certain interviews in the last dance was because his mom saw and got mad at him.
LkO8Z TIL Ulysses S. Grant's autobiography was sold by 10,000 agents, many of whom were former Union soldiers who canvassed the northern states while wearing their old uniforms. It was a method devised by Mark Twain, the publisher. It made a fortune for Grant's widow, who received a 75% royalty.
p8Bjb TIL Siamese cats are temperature sensitive albinos which cause cooler body parts to be darker and warmer parts to be lighter. As they get older, their body temperature decreases and overall color darkens.
WkrMB TIL the world will start running out of fresh water by 2040