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TIL That US donations to charity total almost $500 billion dollars per year.

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76OZ TIL that Steven Bradbury, an Australian short track speed skater, won an Olympic gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics by cruising behind his opponents and waiting until they crashed during both the semifinal and the final.
8e6v4 TIL Popcorn icon Orville Redenbacher Died By Drowning in A Hot Tub
VvYm TIL that in 1631, London’s Baker Book House rewrote the 10 Commandments with a missing word in the seventh directive declaring, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”
7rYMZ TIL The Romans had water powered factories
PY9yn TIL that the CIA admittedly disseminated fake evidence of UFO sightings in the 1950s and 60s to provide "cover" explanations for test flights of the U2 and other stealth aircraft