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TIL the Cookie Monster has a real name. It`s Sid.

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Ke44 TIL The Solar Panels Jimmy Carter set up on the White House in the 1970’s, that were taken immediately down by Ronald Reagan, can now be found in a Chinese science museum.
1aN9d TIL that female journalist Gao Yu was imprisoned for 5 years by the Communist Party of China for leaking "Document No. 9" which bans university professors from teaching democratic ideals such as Basic Human Rights. Failure to comply results in suppression, blacklisting, and imprisonment.
noxP TIL there is a charity that buys up mortgages that have gone to collection for pennies on the dollar, then frees the homeowners of the debt. They’ve erased more than $14M so far!
KOBxB TIL after he graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello moved to Los Angeles, where he supported himself, first by working as a stripper
jN0EM TIL Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was given an open casket despite having a mutilated body and the Soviet government only being able to recover a chipped heal bone because it was his last wish and a way to send a message to the government officials who had forced his flight in a dangerous craft.