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TIL for charity people do 'Masturbate-A-Thon's?
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TIL the CIA during the Vietnam War concluded that North Vietnam's president Ho Chi Minh was so popular as a national hero that he'd probably have gained more votes in South Vietnam than any rival candidate
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TIL of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who in 1938 flew across the Atlantic in an experimental aircraft. Despite the Air Traffic Controller deeming it a suicide flight, and a fuel leak, he successfully completed the trip. He claimed to have lost his way in the clouds and lost his license for 2 weeks.
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TIL Bill Murrays proton pack was 40lbs heavier than the rest of the cast on Ghost Busters because they believed he was funnier when agitated
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TIL about the bunya pine, a coniferous tree from Queensland Australia. Its pinecones can grow up to 35cm and weigh 10kg. Bunya pinecone seeds are edible, the texture and flavor resembling chestnuts and potatoes.
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TIL about Emperor Pedro II of Brazil who was an avid supporter of science education and a respected intellectual in his own right. Charles Darwin himself said that “The Emperor does so much for science, that every scientific man is bound to show him the utmost respect.”