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TIL America has almost half of the world’s civilian-owned guns, despite having 4.4% of world population

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W55L TIL that during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, President George Washington became the only sitting president to ever lead troops in the field
WkRLN TIL that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s grandfather made his fortune by smuggling opium from China, calling it a “fair, honorable and legitimate trade”
gMZab TIL: A group of 45 men were ejected from a Detroit Tigers game for being dressed as Magnum PI, smoking cigars, and cat-calling women.
WOWX TIL that digital cameras are often shipped by sea rather than by air because the increase in gamma rays at high altitudes can fry some of the pixels on the sensors. This issue was experienced while filming Superman Returns.
dyaQ TIL Wounded Warrior Project revenue spends 62% on officer and CEO salaries. Soldiers get the remaining 38%.