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TIL in 1991 Eazy-E took part in a Republican Party luncheon with President Bush, following a $2,490 Republican donation from him.

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4Re5 TIL the term “Devil’s Advocate” comes from the historical position of “Promoter of the Faith”, a canon lawyer who would argue against the Canonisation of a Saint.
b9QwN TIL that the Richter scale, used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake, is logarithmic, meaning every whole-number increase in the scale indicates a tenfold increase in the intensity.
9Yag7 TIL to defend a South African city under siege in 1899, a mining engineer from Detroit built a 155' high watchtower with search lights and telephones, a water supply system, a bulk refrigeration plant, two armored trains, artillery shells, a cannon, and also the tools needed to build the cannon
yQLQe TIL “E pluribus unum” (Latin for "Out of many, one" and in use since 1776) was replaced by Congress in 1956 with “In God we trust” as the official motto of the USA.
yZlM TIL that legendary actor Aiden Gillen (The Dark Knight Rises, Game of Thrones) was nominated for the British Academy Television Award, the British Independent Film Award and a Tony Award, and has won two Irish Film & Television Awards.