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Til that the designer of the SS rune symbol was only paid about $2 for his design.

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Wk9JN TIL that after beating an unarmed Charles Sumner on the Senate floor with a cane, Preston Brooks challenged Massachusetts Representative Anson Burlingame to a duel. Burlingame, who was a well-known marksman, immediately accepted and choose rifles as the weapon. Brooks neglected to show up.
0dkWv TIL: In the 3 Wishes Project, that is granting wishes to patients who were dying in the intensive care unit, the average cost to fulfill the wishes was 30 USD.
7Max TIL Africa doesn’t need aid or help,according to Sudanese billionaire Mohammed Ibrahim. “It’s a very rich continent. There is no justification for us to be poor…the problem isn’t lack of money. It’s governance"
lOEG TIL a gamer once complained on the Runic Games forums that a specific camera effect made a game unplayable for her due to a rare eye condition. Mere hours later, and early on a Sunday morning, the developers released a patch that added a user toggle for the effect
VMoJm Today I learned "Sudoku" was actually originally invented by an American architect named "Howard Garns" in 1979, baring the name "Number Place"