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TIL in the first half of 2012 the National Guard spent $26,000,000 sponsoring NASCAR. This lead to 24,800 “prospects”, 20 “qualified candidates”, and no new guardsmen.

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LQbdp TIL that the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness once had the largest steelworks in the world
JYebj TIL Earl Simmons (DMX) got his name from an instrument he had used at Children's Home he stayed in as a boy, the Oberheim DMX drum machine; it later was also interpreted as 'Dark Man X'.
Brldy TIL The reason Jonathan Frakes has a distinctive way of sitting (known as the Riker maneuver) on The Next Generation is because he injured his back working as a furniture mover. This is also why he leans on chairs and consoles, or has one leg propped up on something.
MnV7 TIL - Alcohol is considered a performance-enhancing drug in competitive shooting competitions.
mxvkM TIL almost all calico cats are female. The gene for coat color is on the female (X) chromosome. To get a calico coat, a cat must have a black gene from one parent and an orange gene from the other parent, resulting in all XX females. Sometimes a male calico is born who is XXY, but they're sterile.