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TIL Marvin Gaye gave his father the gun that killed him as a Christmas gift

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OVda TIL Donald Rumsfeld reported 2 Trillion dollars were missing from the federal defense budget on 9/10/2001. ($8000 for every american citizen) The next day the pentagon accounting office was incinerated, and many people researching the missing money were killed.
vyX7 TIL that since it’s inception, the War on Drugs has cost the United States 1 trillion dollars.
neP6G TIL that Nintendo forbids Shigeru Miyamoto from riding a bike to work because they consider him to be too valuable to the company and don't want him to get hit by a car.
Lk5Qp TIL that Dysthanasia (opposite of Euthanasia) refers to the life extension of a person without regards to that person's quality of life.
W80d TIL that the lowland gorilla’s scientific name is actually “Gorilla gorilla gorilla”.