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TIL Americans Spend More On Lottery Tickets Than On Movies, Video Games, Music, Sports Tix And Books Combined

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J1rO1 TIL Worldwide in 2024 there were 212% more births than deaths ... 119 people died per minute & 252 people were born per minute.
woLl7 TIL In 1958 the French Army invaded Corsica and planned to attack Paris. There was a crisis in Algeria at the time and French generals wanted Charles de Gaulle to return to power to deal with the issue. The invasion of Paris was canceled when parliament invited de Gaulle to be Prime Minister again.
9wZY6 TIL that Barry Sanders' own father asserted that Jim Brown was the greatest runningback ever, and at Barry's HOF induction called him the third best RB ever and barely praised his own son.
b9pwp TIL Stephen King would do so much cocaine he had to stuff cotton up his nose to stop blood from dripping on his typewriter.
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