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TIL, at tax originally levied in 1898 during the Spanish-American War was in effect until 2006.

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jNK0M TIL that there were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves.
9Aj6 TIL that there were not just Navajos Code Talkers during World War 2. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Lakota, Meskwaki, and Comanche Code Talkers.
v8wR TIL the world is running out of chocolate, and the world’s top producers predict that by 2030, we will have a chocolate deficit of over 2 million metric tons.
6pkY TIL the difference between robbery and burglary is robbery is done with a victim present while burglary is performed when no victim is around.
deMr TILThere is enough gold at the core of the earth to cover the surface of the planet in 12’ to 13’ depth.