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TIL Red fox, (Vulpes vulpes) has the largest natural distribution of any land mammal except human beings

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M7PQB TIL a bank clerk dozed off with his finger on the keyboard and accidentally transferred 222,222,222.22 euros instead of 64.20 euros. His supervisor did not notice the error, approved the transaction, and was fired. The next year, a German labour court ruled the supervisor was unfairly dismissed.
9Ywnm TIL the dish "Spaghetti and Meatballs" is not at all Italian. It's 100% American.
OoXe6 TIL The robot in Rocky IV was originally built to help kids with autism and its success with Stallone’s own autistic son is how it ended up in the movie
ne8ld TIL that the Pomp and Circumstance march was named after a line in Shakespeare's Othello and was not originally intended as a graduation march.
Y7JE7 TIL that during the famous 1959 Kitchen Debate, Khrushchev claimed that Nixon's grandchildren would live under communism. But Khrushchev would later be disproven as it was his son instead that became a naturalized American citizen.