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TIL The IMF estimates we subsidize big oil to the tune of $10 million per minute

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oRdvW TIL Ulysses Grant was arrested for speeding and later said that the Black police officer who took him in should face “no consequences” for doing his job
bvVZ TIL when Internet Explorer 4 was released, drunk Microsoft employees dumped a huge IE logo in the fountain in front of Netscape’s building.
JYDrQ TIL movie trailers aren’t made by anyone involved in the film shooting or editing process. They are made by a select few marketing companies, who are often given an incomplete film or just dailies. Directors often hate their own movie trailers
b9Jr9 TIL That the 'Live aid' concert in 1985 was trying to raise money for a famine in Ethiopia. However the money ended up funding Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam and his genocide regime. The money he received went to "buy sophisticated weapons from the Russians" used to crush his opposition.
GAyMN TIL The Keroman Base in Lorient France was Among the last WWII Strongholds to surrender because it was so heavily fortified not even bombing will destroy it. In the Battle of the Atlantic allies chose to bomb the surroundings instead to reduce its effectiveness. It could harbor 30 U-boats.