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TIL Susan G. Komen Foundation gives only 20% of donations to cancer research, successfully sued other charities, and their CEO makes roughly $684,000 a year.

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Alnw TIL That all British soldiers shot for desertion and cowardice in World War I were posthumously pardoned. In modern times it is believed that many of the soldiers were suffering the effects of shell shock. They are remembered by the Shot at Dawn Memorial.
ZNvv TIL The PlayStation 2 was so popular, it was produced up until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.
ALyd TIL George Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the DGA after they had told him to stick to conventional opening credits for “Star Wars” (1977)
p8J8Z TIL it is theoretically possible to send a paper plane from the ISS to earth, without the planes burning up on reentry. An experiment was scheduled, but unfortunately cancelled.
19XX TIL Penal colony of Australia had its own penal colony on Tasmania for people who reoffended after being sent there