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TIL That due to poor accounting practices and software, the Department of Defense loses billions of dollars on financial transactions between federal agencies.

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5GKQ TIL that teenager invented a push-button socket wrench and offered the patent to Sears. Sears told him the patent was valueless and gave him $10,000, then went on to make $44 million selling the ratchets.
X0OJk TIL Walmart is not allowed in NYC, but Target is
AD5gn TIL when Stan Lee was designing Spider-Man, his publisher told him "Stan, that is the worst idea I have ever heard. First of all, people hate spiders, so you can’t call a book Spider-Man. Secondly he can’t be a teenager—teenagers can only be sidekicks. And third, he can’t have personal problems.
xV0og TIL of Vittorio Emanuele, son of the last King of Italy. He was banned from entering Italy until 2002 when he renounced all claim to the throne. Controversially he has also been tried on charges of murder, criminal association, racketeering, conspiracy, corruption and exploitation of prostitution.
696yJ TIL The actor who played Lorne on the TV Series Angel died at the age of 33 from a dental infection that traveled to his heart