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TIL in 1979 the campaign promise of two guys running for student government included bringing the Statue of Liberty Wisconsin. When they won, they spent $4,000 of University funds creating a replica of Lady Liberty buried up to her eyes in frozen Lake Menota

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LJop TIL that George Orwell was a socialist who saw every line of prose he wrote to be in favour of democratic socialism
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YpD8W TIL in 1940, a woman attempted to assassinate Shirley Temple because she believed that Temple had stolen her daughter's soul. Temple was performing on stage as the woman took out a handgun and aimed, but security managed to stop her before she could shoot.
VMly0 TIL that many countries end in the word -istan because "stan" is an ancient Persian word that means "land"
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