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TIL Hell’s Angels prevented the WBC from picketing the funerals of Sandy Hook victims.

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NXdW6 TIL That Nascar racers lose 5-10 pounds of sweat during a race
YpM4G TIL Americans, who only had to pay for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, struggled to pull together funding. Joseph Pulitzer started a crowdfunding campaign and gathered $100,000 from more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than $1.
4opw TIL that the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist.
gMeZb TIL in 2018 a German city produced souvenir €0 banknotes to honor the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the father of Communism.
Ve6Z TIL that because Ken Jennings is a practicing Mormon, he tithes his earnings on “Jeopardy!” to the Church of Latter Day Saints. This means that his church received approximately $250,000 for his record 74-game winning streak alone.