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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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167B4 TIL that Mormons consider the US Constitution to be divinely inpsired
MekrV TIL: Cable TV networks increase the speed of T.V shows e.g. 'Friends' or 'Seinfield' to around 1.2x speed so that they can fit in extra commercials
xRvD TIL that the 5th oldest tree in the world was destroyed when a 26 year old model set a fire to see better while she was smoking meth inside the hollow trunk. She was turned in by friends after showing them pictures of the fire and telling them “I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus.”
pYNl4 TIL that Subutai, one of Genghis Khan's "Four Dogs", was the main general that spear-headed the Mongol invasions of China, Russia, and Europe, and his battle innovations inspired the likes of WW2 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and General George Patton.
a8OPo TIL Due to how Leap Year is calculated, President John Adams served the fewest days in office out of every one-term United States President as there was no Leap Day in February 1800