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TIL that, due to going hoarse while campaigning, President Gerald Ford's concession speech when he lost to Jimmy Carter was delivered by his wife, Betty

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epDw4 TIL that a "dale" is a valley in an otherwise hilly area while a "glen" is a secluded and narrow valley.
lNVG TIL “spilled” and “spilt” are both right. They’re completely interchangeable.
Oo0E4 TIL about Russia's "spacecraft graveyard" in the Altai region, where over 2,500 tons of space debris -- some dozens of feet long -- have rained down since the start of the Space Age. As new space junk falls, locals rush to raid the wreckage for precious metals they can sell.
wMYY TIL because the NFL owns and enforces the trademark for the term “Super Bowl,” almost all ads and commercial uses will instead reference “The Big Game” or something similar. Colbert even used “The Supurb Owl” in 2014.
AM0w TIL that to be one of the “1%”, a person needs an annual income of $388,905, an increase of 5.2% from a year earlier.