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TIL: that despite being top 3 for earning potential, the U.S. is actually quite low in "economic mobility"

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x6Ql5 TIL Hitler Praised the United States for its Eugenic Prowess
E1l7P TIL I learned that nobody in the Union army wanted to fire the Williams Cleaner Bullet. It was less accurate than the normal Minie', more expensive to manufacture and it did not clean the barrel at all. Soldiers just threw them away or kept them as a last reserve. The Bullet Nobody Wanted to Fire.
epbX6 TIL that the Caspian Sea is shrinking. By 2100, scientists predict the water level will be lower by 8-30m from the current "sea" level
l7gOV TIL about Null Island, the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), i.e. where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.
e07J TIL that 90% of Dutch, 89% of Norwegians, 86% of Swedes, and 86% of Danes can speak English, while only 85.18% of Canadians can.