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TIL that payday loans can charge over 600% interest! I can’t believe this is legal and that anyone could vote against making it illegal.

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e0grE TIL raw milk is responsible for nearly three times more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source, making it one of the world's most dangerous food products
R7QG4 TIL the United Kingdom's average height declined during the industrial revolution due to poor working conditions and increasing inequalities in society
EK8x TIL the EPA and former employees sued Area 51 for failure to comply with hazardous waste disposal laws. The case was thrown out on national security grounds.
nLRY TIL: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains weighed only 86 pounds (36 kg) when he died from a drug overdose.
b99l0 TIL More gunpowder was used in an area of Manhattan to make Central Park than was used at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.