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TIL that more than 27 million Americans went hunting in 2016 and that it generates nearly $3.5 billion yearly in federal, state and local taxes.

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WkAGd TIL in 2014 a Scottish woman went to the hospital after contracting sepsis and doctors found a five-inch long dildo that had been lodged in her vagina for 10 years!
BgWgk TIL Vitamin B12 and many other compounds such as antibiotics, organic acids, amino acids, polysaccharides, and enzymes are produced via fermentation because synthesis would be too complex
YpmdB TIL that in 2017, a Tennessee man had his bond raised to $14 million after he dared the judge to raise his bond.
Br0lb TIL about Ed Reeves, a US marine who survived the Korean War despite having shrapnel in his legs, being shot in the head, and getting beaten with rifle butts by the enemy soldiers. Despite all of this, he was able to crawl out onto the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where he was rescued.
b64lp TIL about Poland's "frankowicze," a group of about 500,000 people who took out mortgages in Swiss francs since the 2000s and faced soaring debts after the franc was unpegged in 2015, leading to significant financial struggles and nationwide protests.