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TIL GDP is a very good yardstick for measuring success in war.

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6Lpl TIL that pink dolphins are just sun burnt albino dolphins
neAdr TIL that Tim Curry was originally cast as Judge Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," but he was dropped when the filmmakers found him too terrifying. John Cleese was also tested, but he wasn't terrifying enough. The iconic role eventually went to Christopher Lloyd.
LQbBZ TIL the steam engine, the wind turbine, and the vending machine were invented 2000 years ago by a Greek engineer named Hero
0dMN5 TIL that slavery was legal in New Jersey during the Civil War. The 1860 census listed 43 slaves in the state, and the last slaves were not freed until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
gMaYb TIL the last name of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" author Dale Carnegie was not originally named Carnegie - in an example of how to influence people, he changed the spelling from Carnegey to resemble the name of the more influential Andrew Carnegie