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TIL that the United States has less than 5% of the world’s population, but almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. The United States has more citizens in prison than any other country in the world.

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KDY4 TIL President Nixon once described Timothy Leary as “the most dangerous man in America”, simply because he was an advocate of psychedelic drugs.
98Jp TIL that wealthy people in the 1800’s built ruins on their estates and hired ornamental hermits to live in them and be eccentric
aKM TIL: Harrison Ford got his first big gig in Hollywood because he installed cabinets as a carpenter at George Lucas’ house.
GAZ7g TIL that before the 1872 photo series 'Horse In Motion' no one knew how horses move their legs in gallop as it is too fast to see with the naked eye. Before then they were frequently painted with their legs stretched out at both ends which is not in fact a part of any horse gait.
e0KOE TIL that China is projected to have a larger Christian population than the US by 2030