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TIL Mexican drug cartels reap $19 billion to $29 billion from U.S. drug sales alone.

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MeyMa TIL: When a friend wrote "KURT SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" on a wall, Kurt Cobain assumed it was an anti-establishment slogan and wrote a hit song. Months later he found out his friend had been making fun of him. Kurt's girlfriend wore Teen Spirit, deodorant marketed to teenage girls.
9Y1Lm TIL "jadebergs" are stunning icebergs formed when seawater containing algae freezes on the bottom of a glacier.
yQgOJ TIL that Aboriginal Australians have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
45g5 TIL: Vidal Sassoon was a militant Anti-Fascist and once went into the salon he apprenticed at with a black eye from fighting with fascists the night before.
KOWE9 TIL about Formula E, which is similar to F1 but includes real life speed boost zones akin to Mario Kart, and provides social-media powered speed boosts to drivers