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TIL that Pat Robertson diverted Rwandan Genocide aid to build a Diamond Mine in Liberia. The Virginia AG whose campaign received $35,000 from Robertson declined to prosecute.

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Jvdj TIL that a mysterious nerve disorder that hit some slaughterhouse employees with debilitating symptoms apparently was caused by inhaling a fine mist of pig brain tissue.
JM0Q TIL Bill Gates was granted Knighthood following his commitment of $200 million to Cambridge to help fund AIDS vaccine research
0wrNj TIL that Big Bird, from the American TV show Sesame Street, does not frequently appear in international versions of the show. Instead, he is replaced with other oversized birds that vary in color and size depending on which country they air in.
JYoxl TIL that Melora Hardin, who plays Jan Levinson on "The Office", is the daughter of Jerry Hardin...who played the shadowy character Deep Throat on the X-Files.
GYkl7 TIL that people with blue eyes all have a single, common ancestor. A mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, up until which we all had brown eyes.