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TIL the first televised vice-presidential debate was in October 1976 between Republican Bob Dole and Democrat Walter Mondale. Mondale and running mate Jimmy Carter went on to defeat incumbent Gerald Ford in the presidential election that November.

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Z84Mp TIL that NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took a gorilla suit with him to the International Space Station and used it to play a prank on British astronaut Tim Peake.
QJor9 TIL that there is a beetle and a spider named after Leonardo DiCaprio to acknowledge his work in promoting environmental awareness
WL19 TIL that if a Duracell battery leaks, and destroys one of your devices, the company will replace the device if it is sent to them with the defective batteries still in place.
MeeBb TIL of the religion of Nuwaubianism - which holds the belief that Satan's child is being nurtured by the illuminati and was raised by former US President Richard Nixon, and is currently hooked up bodily to a machine called "The Beast 3M" or "3666"
M8jW TIL of the universe’s coldest known star, WISE 1828+2650; It’s at room temperature