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TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.

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AD6oa TIL Al Matthews (actor), who portrayed GySgt Apone in Aliens, was an actual U.S. Marine with 13 combat awards including 2 Purple Hearts. Matthews, who was also the inspiration for Sgm Johnson in the Halo series, was one of the first African American Marines in Vietnam to be promoted to Sergeant.
9AkQ TIL the scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales
grA87 TIL that after being killed during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the body of Brown's son Watson was severely mutilated and put on display in a nearby medical college by pro-slavery secessionists. Union soldiers burned the college to the ground in 1862.
n7Nr TIL The pharma company Merck developed a drug called Ivermectin to treat river blindness. They donate it to 3rd world countries that can’t afford it, and sell it to farmers to treat worms in their animals. It has helped save millions of lives.
1a4N8 TIL: At the first major battle of the American Civil War, the wealthy elite of nearby Washington expected an easy Union victory. So much so that they brought their families to picnic and watch the battle.