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TIL that despite being an icon of fiscal conservatism, Ronald Reagan actually tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion during his administration.

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GYlO4 TIL Big Cypress, a music festival held by the band Phish on News Years Eve 1999 in to 2000, had 85,000 in attendance making it the largest Millennium Eve concert that night. This is the longest Phish concert ever, culminating in a 7.5 hour long second set from midnight to sunrise New Year's Day.
4XdjR TIL the sound effect in the opening line of the song Iron Man, "I am Iron Man", was made by having Ozzy Osbourne sing from behind a fan.
KOK7a [TIL] This guy 20 campaigns in which he conquered 32 nations and won 65 pitched battles, during which he conquered or overran more territory than any other commander in history
Br5XK TIL in 1964 Coca-Cola threatened to leave Atlanta if elites didn’t recognize MLK’s Nobel Prize.
JYWK8 TIL the Dalai Lama released a spoken word album filled with mantras and new age music titled Inner World, earlier this month