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4kBVN TIL Opossums and possums are different animals. Opossums live in North and South America, while possums live in Australia and other countries.
OoLpg TIL that Alessandro Volta not only invented battery, but also discovered and isolated methane and was a prime minister of short-lived Cisalpine Republic
JYnVQ TIL Stanford University was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr., who died of typhoid fever at 15. After his 1884 death, the Stanfords determined that they would use their wealth to do something for “other people’s” children
xVODw TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.
lP5K TIL after winning the 1962 European Cup the Benfica coach Béla Guttmann allegedly cursed the Lisbon based club for denying him a pay rise “Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever win a European Cup”. They have since reached six European Cup Finals but lost all of them.