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TIL that 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country.

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X04wP TIL that all financial interests (including gifts and donations) for UK Members of Parliament are recorded and open to the public along with the person or business making the donation.
x6LVk TIL in the '40s theatrical producer John Reber promoted a plan to build two dams to change most of San Francisco Bay into two freshwater lakes. He got a lot of support, but the US Army Corps of Engineers built a giant working model of the bay to show how this plan was a terrible idea
5VPND TIL in the USA, a candidate can win the presidential election with only 23% of the popular vote
18rd TIL that in the Battle of Stalingrad a Soviet Sniper had more kills during that particular battle than Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in American history, had in 4 tours.
x6L5B TIL: Clyde Tombaugh, the man that discovered Pluto in 1930, is the great uncle to MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw.