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TIL that Einstein not only was a socialist, but he also wrote essays about it

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EgKBd TIL that there has been over 20 spelling errors made on the Stanley Cup. Some errors were corrected or covered up with the letter ‘X’, while other errors still remain.
ADKJn TIL cows in the U.S. are repeatedly impregnated (often by artificial insemination) so they can make milk nearly year-round.
GAmkN TIL the Philippine Eagle is the largest eagle in the world, stands at one (1) meter in height and has a wingspan of about two (2) meters.
7GXx TIL that a stockbroker named Nicholas Winton brought 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children to England, saving their lives. He refused to take credit for his deed until his wife found a scrapbook of the children that he saved and gave it to the BBC. He turns 104 this year.
LkQ6r TIL of the Mondragon Corporation, a Basqué company of >70000 workers that operates as a worker's cooperative. It exists as a quasi socialist enterprise in a capitalist system.