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TIL that Americans spend around $30 billion in lawn care, annually.

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XREP TIL that during Pablo Escobar’s “career” it is estimated that 80% of the cocaine entering the U.S. was supplied by him and Escobar was considered one of the richest men in the world during that time.
oRmn7 TIL that the very first "crowd wave" at a sports event ocurred spontaneously. At a Colorado Rockies NHL ice hockey game in 1980, a section of the crowd rose to their feet slightly later than the section beside them. This continued around the area to complete a "wave", without having been prompted.
rvjo TIL of a family falsely accused of abusing their son. Following british law, all their kids were forcibly put up for adoption. They are not allowed to see them, even after being proven innocent. When she got pregnant again, they had to move to Ireland so their child would not be taken away at birth.
Brw9d TIL that high-school kids in the very north of Minnesota have to cross the Canada–United States border to go to school
6JW8 TIL that in 2004 a $300,000 diamond was lost in an F1 crash. The diamond was attached to the car to promote Ocean’s 12 and was never recovered after the crash