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TIL that someone anonymously donated over $200 million to Berkeley for their Data Science program. It was the largest donation in the UC campus’s history.

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yVG7l TIL that a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.
jNe4a TIL Nikola Tesla, a man who spoke 8 languages, made dozens of inventions, was 1.88 m tall and is known to us as one of the greatest geniuses ever, once said "that he felt he could never be worthy enough for a woman, considering women superior in every way."
6EaVX TIL that Saturn's moon Titan is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and the only known moon or planet other than Earth on which clear evidence of stable water-like liquids has been found
jlbQ TIL Jon Stewart is a vegetarian, his wife is a vegan, and they have a 12-acre farm for abused animals