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TIL in 2012, 159 donors made up 60% of Super PAC funding.

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P1pmn TIL in 1941, Allied forces fought a successful delaying action against the invading Nazis at Thermopylae, the very spot where Spartans fought a successful delaying action against the invading Persians in 480 B.C.
wQ8J TIL All domestic cattle on Earth originated from one single herd of about 80 animals 10,500 years ago
XBD6 TIL Arctic Explorer Peter Freuchen starred in an Oscar winning film, escaped a Nazi Death Camp, won $64,000 on a game show and escaped blizzard shelter with a chisel made from frozen excrement
ddwZ TIL the astronomer most responsible for having Pluto reclassified wrote a memoir about it called “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming”.
LQEmd TIL the 1986 film "Space Camp" was famous for being a marketing nightmare, being released shortly after the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.