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TIL that the US gave the Soviet Union 44,000 jeeps, 375,883 trucks, 8,071 tractors, 12,700 tanks, 1,541,590 blankets, and 331,066 liters of Alcohol for the war effort against the Nazis, and $500 billion in financial recovery to European countries.

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jMQj TIL in 1957 Richie Ashburn, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, hit a foul ball that struck spectator Alice Roth breaking her nose. When play resumed, Ashburn hit another foul ball striking her again as she was being taken off on a stretcher.
479N TIL that “Dagobertducktaks” (2014 Dutch word of the year) is an extra tax for the super rich, named after Donald Duck’s uncle Dagobert – known in English as……..Scrooge McDuck.
ZZJG TIL Eleven well reported medical studies show cigarette smoking actually LOWERS Alzheimer’s risk. However, 10 years later, it comes to light Every study was done by scientists with UNDECLARED connections to the tobacco industry.
NXAd8 TIL Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, North Africa.
NaEb TIL A North Carolina town banned the use of solar panels because they thought it would “suck up all the energy from the sun”.