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TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit

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EgGw0 TIL regional sports networks (RSNs) are among the most expensive channels, costing less than ESPN but more than other premium channels; on average they cost $2-3 per subscriber. RSNs justify these prices by citing demand for local sports teams particularly MLB, NBA and NHL.
R8Ra TIL in 1997, the pilot of an A-10 attack jet turned off his radio and transponder for no apparent reason and flew hundreds of miles off course during a training mission, later crashing into a mountainside in Colorado. No explanation for the pilot’s actions was ever found.
nW6Ob TIL there is an 800sq mi chunk of land between Egypt and Sudan that is claimed by nobody
ADo0l TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.
Brdnr TIL that Elvis was quite gifted in the martial arts. He reached the level of First Degree Black Belt and one of his instructors instructors was quoted saying “In martial arts, he wasn’t Elvis, The Entertainer. He was Elvis, The Black Belt, with 15 years’ experience”