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TIL that the estimated costs for the 2012 political campaigns (6 or 7 billion) is almost 3 times the cost of sending the Rover Curiosity to Mars (2.5 billion)

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GYAB1 TIL of the Lead Mask Case: the unsolved death of two men found on a hilltop wearing lead eye masks with no apparent injuries. A nearby notebook was found to contain the message '16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after the effect protect metals await signal'
N7jEQ TIL snails use only 2 brain cells to make "complex decisions". One cell tells the snail if it's hungry, the other tells the snail if food is around
5x5p TIL Running back Joe Delaney, who could not swim, died attempting to save three children from drowning.
groeL TIL, all toads are frogs (toad is just a type of frog)
J1nmj TIL that the first movie DreamWorks ever released wasn't animated but a live-action thriller called The Peacemaker on September 26, 1997