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TIL Almost 2/3 of Americans never left the country. Only 36% of Americans have passports According to the State Department.

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WAa9 TIL that a chimera is when a fetus absorbs its twin and is born with two sets of DNA.
x6eow TIL artist M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist, moving into making music during her stint as the band Elastica's documentarian in 2000. She had previously designed the band's second album cover and directed the music video for their song "Mad Dog God Dam."
Wkv1A TIL The USAAF developed a copy of the V-1 flying bomb during WW2
neaMG TIL that rhino horn is NOT considered an aphrodesiac in Chinese "medicine", and that this is a misinterpretation of Chinese texts. However, due to the repetition of this misinterpretation in the West, people in Viet Nam are starting to believe the rumor, and demand there is surging because of it.
VMP58 TIL that the famous photo of Nikola Tesla calmly reading a book while his massive Tesla coil sends huge electric arcs across the room was a double exposure for a publicity campaign