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TIL that Tim Walz has a lower Net Worth than the average American

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a88dL TIL that Michael Phelps first competed in the Olympics in 2000 when he was just 15 years old, making him the youngest male to qualify for a US Olympic swim team in 68 years.
Z8ywv TIL of Sybil Ludington—a 16-year-old revolutionary who rode twice the distance Paul Revere did in 1777 to warn people of a British invasion. She navigated 40 miles of rainy terrain at night while avoiding British loyalists and ended up completing her mission before dawn the next day.
b67lQ TIL: a train traveling from west to east is lighter than traveling from east to west thanks to the Eötvös effect
R7Ln4 TIL that on December the 27th 1973, the IRA kidnapped and murdered the West German consul to Northern Ireland Thomas Niedermayer. His wife, two daughters and son-in-law subsequently committed suicide
4kMg5 Til - the Bagger 288 has a larger 'sibling', the Bagger 293 is 5m longer and 700 tons heavier.