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TIL That Joan Kroc gave NPR $200 million because they were the only ones that picked up the phone when she way trying to give it out

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KOX49 TIL of Captain EO: A collaboration between Michael Jackson, George Lucas and Frances Ford Coppola made specifically to be shown at Disney parks in 1986, and is also considered one of the first 4D films.
XPDQ TIL Prisons have yelp reviews
R5dXl TIL The prince of Liechtenstein threatened to pack up and leave his country and live in Austria if voters had rejected proposals that would have extended his powers in a 2003 referendum.
mZ8y TIL Lord Of The Rings is the second “most begun but never finished book” ever.
6rdX TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, a distance of 875 kilometres (544 mi). Almost two days faster than the previous record for any run between Sydney and Melbourne.