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TIL Forbes Has Estimated That Smaug From The Hobbit, Was Worth 8.6 Billion Dollars. Putting Him 7th On Their Fictional 15 List.

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gMB4D TIL: 6 years after resigning, Nixon testified on behalf of former FBI assistant director Mark Felt at Felt's own trial, and gave money to Felt's defense fund. In 2005 Felt revealed he had been "Deep Throat", Bob Woodward's source while breaking the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation.
8aEO4 TIL that red velvet cake is really just chocolate cake, where the cocoa powder, vinegar, and buttermilk mixed together creates a chemical reaction to help give the cake a deep maroon color, that is often enhanced by extra food coloring
BgapD TIL the 1904 Olympic Marathon only 14 men crossed the finish: one after hitchhiking, one after napping, and one—the winner—after drinking rat poison
vDE7 TIL that some Syrian rebels are using the Sturmgwehr 44, an assault rifle produced in Nazi Germany in late WW2 and which can be worth up to $30'000 in the US
Wk044 TIL That Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, and only revived cuz a mom worked from home a lot so had a backup.