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TIL the prime minister of Poland is named Donald Tusk
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TIL a pony in Cornwall, England named "Fat Boy" broke out of his stable into a nearby garden with another pony, got drunk from munching on fallen fermenting apples, and fell into a swimming pool. Fire crews spent 2 hrs building a set of hay steps in the pool & hoisted Fat Boy out with harnesses.
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TIL a cartel of GE, Philips and other lightbulb makers conspired to make lightbulbs burn out sooner so people would have to replace the bulbs more. Called the Phoebus Cartel, they actually fined manufacturers whose lights lasted too long.
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TIL Ulysses S. Grant was broke and dying of throat cancer, when Mark Twain offered an unheard of 75% of royalties to his widow for him to write his memoirs. Julia Grant received $450,000 dollars from royalties.
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TIL a Sweedish study concluded that the United States was one of the most racially tolerant countries in the world.
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TIL about a study analyzing chess games played in professional tournaments from 1890 to 2014, examining how age affects cognitive ability. It found that individual performance increases sharply until the early 20s, levels off, peaks around 35, and then gradually declines with age.