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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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D1mv TIL the (hilarious comedy) “Airplane!” was a remake of the 1957 (totally serious) dramatic film “Zero Hour,” and contains many of the same exact lines and scenes.
Lkr6d TIL - Eberhard and Tarpenning were the original founders and incorporated Tesla, while Musk, Straubel and Wright joined in a Series A round later on. A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five to call themselves founders.
lvRV TIL that a high school student absent due to a doctor’s appointment ended up locking his school down and getting held by the police after the receptionist calling him to confirm his absence thought the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song was a bomb threat
4Db5 TIL Bill Murrays proton pack was 40lbs heavier than the rest of the cast on Ghost Busters because they believed he was funnier when agitated
KOroG TIL that every member of The Beatles cited "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" as their favorite song off of The White Album