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TIL: The US Air Force spent over $1,000,000,000 on software that was never used and is 1 of 9 programs 12 years late and $6.9 billion over budget

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EKa7 TIL that 80% of the population of Czech Republic is non-religious or undeclared
Yp9ZP TIL: President Eisenhower hit the same pine tree so many times playing Augusta National that he tried to get the club to remove it in 1956. The club's chairman adjourned the meeting so he wouldn't have to disagree with a sitting POTUS. Sadly the tree had to be removed in 2011 due to an ice storm.
R7jPl TIL That Texas Revolution was partly to keep slavery alive and well in Texas as slavery had been outlawed by Mexico. Slave's captured during the Battle of the Alamo were freed by the Mexican Army.
W7dmY TIL that although Italian American actor Al Pacino's character was Cuban in Scarface (1983), the character in the original 1932 film was an Italian American.
7wnX TIL the Earth’s day got shorter by 2.68 microseconds because of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake