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TIL, Edward Norton is a stalwart supporter in raising awareness and fights against illegal poaching of elephants and rhinoceroses, raising $1.2 million after running the NYC marathon to support the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust

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0wRdA TIL Cher hated the song “If I Could Turn Back Time” and only recorded it because songwriter Diane Warren held down her leg and said “You have to record it!” It was released as a single and marked a comeback moment for Cher in 1989.
kaD5 TIL that despite making billions a year from TV rights and local incentives, the NFL is a non-profit organization and doesn’t pay a penny in taxes
JYdY8 TIL There is a conspiracy theory, in Pakistan, that Malala Yousafzai was a spy for the US/CIA and they, along with her father, orchestrated the attempted murder. Bonus fact, supposedly Robert de Niro was the shooter and disguised as an Uzbek Homeopathic doctor.
VAED TIL Scotland has its own species of wildcat, and it is endangered.
957 TIL that a woman sued Walmart over 2 cents and won