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TIL only 20 universities in the US make money off of college sports

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5Y1eP TIL the Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu build the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest which is the heaviest building which weighs 4,098,500,000 kg and is also the largest administrative building in the world.
69eZ8 TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.
yG1l TIL that in 2012 a South Pacific island, recorded by Google Earth and Australian maps, was discovered to not actually exist
neywr TIL A corn is a protective thickening of the skin on the top of the foot, usually on a bony, knobby portion of a toe. At the center of a corn is often a dense knot of skin called a core, which is located over the area of greatest friction or pressure
LZJ9 TIL Viggo Mortensen wore a Montreal Canadiens t-shirt under his armor throughout filming the Lord of the rings trilogy