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TIL that with the money from doing Nespresso ads, George Clooney spends maintaining a satellite over the bordet of North and South Sudan to “keep an eye” on the Sudan President

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W7xG8 TIL That there are estimated to be at least a minimum of 100 political prisoners in the United States
awgeo TIL Nicolas Cage was arrested in 2011 for public intoxication, and was bailed out by a fan who was a bail bondsman. That bail bondsman was non other than Dog The Bounty Hunter.
KOBmQ TIL that the US Navy has a massive indoor pool called MASK (maneuvering and seakeeping basin) in Maryland that houses 12-million gallons of water and can replicate any ocean wave situation in the world, ideal for testing equipment and scale models of boats
XEe8E TIL in Washington State, it is illegal to kill Bigfoot/Sasquatch... despite it being a fictional species.
ja7Q TIL Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel in which a group of shipwrecked survivors draw lots in which the loser will be eaten, the boy who lost was named Richard Parker. 50 years later an English ship sank & the survivors drew lots, the losers name was Richard Parker.