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TIL about the Italian Unionist Movement, a political party in Italy which wanted the USA to annex the entire world starting with Italy, they gained 70,000 votes and were the 13th largest party in the 1946 Italian general elections.

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d8pWd TIL Kepler-22b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the sun-like star Kepler-22. Located about 587 light-years from Earth, it's in the constellation of Cygnus. Discovered in Dec. 2011, it was the first known transiting planet to orbit within the habitable zone, meaning we could survive there...
kOyGW TIL: In 1989, the football team of Mississippi segregationist private school Heritage Academy added the first black player in their football conference of “seg” academies. Two schools forfeited rather than play the school with a black reserve running back.
N7dJJ TIL that Steven Spielberg’s ex-wife received a divorce settlement of $100 million after a judge invalidated a prenuptial agreement he had written on a napkin.
QN9yX TIL that during a dogfight, Pakistan shot down an Indian fighter plane. When the pilot parachuted onto the land, he asked a local boy whether he was in India or Pakistan. The boy replied that he was in India, so the pilot started chanting for India, at which point he was caught by Pakistani official
pDeb TIL The stock price of Apple Inc. fell significantly in October 2008 after a hoax story was submitted to CNN’s user-generated news site iReport.com claiming that company CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack. The source of the story was traced back to 4chan.