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TIL there are 80,000 SWAT raids on American homes per year

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X0k TIL that the Money used in the Game Monopoly is worth more that some countries actual Currency!
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b487 TIL that Greek soldiers once provided enemy Turkish soldiers with ammunition to prevent them from using lead in the Parthenon to make their bullets.