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TIL Journalists and Activists Cant Account to Where Half a Billion in Charitable Donations to Haiti Went

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P0O TIL Jackie Chan will donate all his money to charity so his son can earn his own worth.
8aeyL TIL Babe Ruth was one of the first cancer patients to receive radiation and chemotherapy treatment simultaneously
6EKlY TIL the microstate of San Marino has the oldest constitution still being used. It was ratified in 1600, and the US Constitution is the oldest for a sovereign country, and it was ratified on June 21, 1788.
jNbnX TIL that in 2003, there was a movement in America to rename the "French" part of French Fries, French Toast, etc, to "Freedom" (Freedom Fries, etc) after France refused to support the Iraqi war - Demonstrators even included government officials in Congress.
6EppY TIL that Micheal Keaton's Batman did not wear boots in 'Batman Returns' (1992). Instead, his Batsuit was comprised of body armor connected to a pair of custom made Air Jordan 6.