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TIL the money cost to governments involved in WW2 has been estimated at more than $1,000,000,000,000

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0dv6N TIL : Cashews will make your butt (specifically your anus) itch
nWlm9 TIL In 1966, the United States Air Force lost 4 hydrogen bombs above Palomares (Spain) after a midair collision. Two of these bombs spreaded radioactive material, including plutonium-239, over a wide area. A large amount of contaminated Spanish soil was removed, packed up, and ship to the US.
ne5xY TIL last spring around 500 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube each and every minute which works out to about 82 years worth per day
m1jDp TIL that before running the length of Africa, Russ Cook was the first person to run from Asia to London as well holding the record for the fastest marathon completed whilst pulling a car.
MeGpW TIL Brazilians primarily spoke their native Tupi language up to the mid 18th century because Jesuit missionaries encouraged the natives to keep their mother tongue and enforced Europeans to learn it. However, in 1759 the Jesuits were expelled by the Prime Minister and Tupi quickly went extinct.