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TIL The American Red Cross spends 90.7% of its budget on Program Expenses (ie. the reason the charity exists) while others, like Shiloh International Ministries, spend as little as 3.8%.

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1aaV8 TIL In 2008, a British 19-year-old officially changed his name to "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined."
BrdlW TIL Not only does Eminem not know how to work a computer, he refuses to learn. "If I learn how to work a computer, I'm going to be on that b**** all day looking at comments about me, and it's going to drive me crazy." His manager says anytime he reads a review it affects him for a long time.
gr817 TIL that Daddy Long Legs should be notable not for their dangerous venom (an urban legend) but for having evolved what is likely the world's first penis. [Details in comments]
JYboB TIL of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. Eldest daughter of Alfred the Great who ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and played a key role in conquering the Danelaw.
WPY TIL Vampire bats sometimes make blood donations to other bats in the group to combat starvation