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TIL Louis CK attributes his success to a specific comment made by George Carlin

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78W57 TIL Australia has slightly more land mass than the contiguous United States. Five of the six mainland states are each bigger than Texas. Just Victoria, containing the 2nd largest city Melbourne, is smaller.
M7ROW TIL the Persian King Agha Mohammad Khan commanded the killing of two attendants for their loudness. On a holy day, he delayed their execution for a day and had them go back to their work. The attendants assassinated the king while he was sleeping that night.
yQwEJ TIL in 1996 a study was conducted that determined approx. 79% of all paper currency in the US had cocaine residue on it.
dD4DK TIL that Spiro Mounds, a Native American "King Tut's Tomb", were ransacked, desecrated, and destroyed by a group of local treasure hunters in 1935, and is considered the worst looting of an archaeological site in US history.
woJvY TIL of the Comuta-Car, an electric vehicle built in the 1970s that had a max speed of around 40 mph and a range of 40 miles (64 km). Starting in 1982, some kits may have been sold for people to build the cars at home.