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TIL that an "are" is a unit of measurement. It's 1/100th of a Hectare

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jlEp TIL President Nixon, after many years of refusing to release his tax returns for review, said “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.” After the investigation, he was forced to pay $465,000 in back taxes he owed.
XEP76 TIL that the so-called "Spanish flu" was only known as such because WWI wartime censors made sure to keep reporting of illness in their own countries minimal so as to not appear weak. However, the news was free to report on Spain, which was neutral.
78y0r TIL the film "Little Giants" was inspired by a McDonald's Super Bowl ad in 1992. Steven Spielberg saw it on TV and immediately contacted the creators of the ad, hiring them to write it into a feature film saying "I want that commercial made into a movie. I want my 'Home Alone.'"
wLNe1 TIL: Street food in Vietnam is so available, fast and cheap that international fast food chains like McDonald’s flopped after entering
kldW TIL that the largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away.