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TIL as of 2019, 2 million Americans do not have running water in their home.

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E1oBd TIL McDonalds tried to create a bubblegum flavored broccoli to encourage kids to eat healthy.
lopQN TIL that during the time of the 3rd Reich, the Hitler Youth planted larches in a pine forest so that when autumn came it looked like a swastika from the air.
WkgKX TIL in 1980 after causing roughly $200,000 in damage to SNL property and shouting “fuck New York” into the microphone, the punk band FEAR was banned from NBC for life