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TIL that by age 3, a well-to-do child hears 30 million more words than a less fortunate one.

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gBy4 TIL That the drug lord Pablo Escobar offered to pay off Columbia’s $20 billion foreign debt in order to avoid extradition to the US.
MYLA TIL that in from the 1880s to the 1900s, pollution caused by horses was so severe, the presence of the (then unheard of) automobile was regarded as a saviour, as it did not pollute the streets with manure, urine and dead horses.
OGkP7 TIL Mexican Republican Dollars were once the dominant currency in Shanghai
v1dy4 TIL a meteor reportedly fell right on the battlefield during a war between Pontus and Rome. According to Plutarch, the sky suddenly split apart and a large silvery-hot meteor resembling a giant hogshead bombarded the ground between the armies. Both forces promptly withdrew to fight another day.
m18OR TIL that there are chickens called "Easter Eggers" that can lay blue, green, cream, olive, or pink eggs. (One egg color per chicken, but different Easter Egger chickens can lay different colored eggs.)