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TIL of a political and economic movement in the 1930s that purposes to replace politicians with scientists and engineers who they believed were better suited to guide a nation.

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6pnl TIL the song “Cotton Eyed Joe” predates Tchaikovsky and the US Civil War.
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l0pr TIL that half of Harvard’s entire class of 2010 went into finance and consulting
lojL7 TIL the cast of Captain Planet included the voice talents of Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, LeVar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner, Tim Curry, John Ratzenberger, and James Coburn.
5YA4k TIL that when Michael Jackson granted Weird Al Yankovic permission to do "Fat" (a parody of "Bad"), Jackson allowed him to use the same set built for his own "Badder" video from the Moonwalker film. Yankovic said that Jackson's support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody.