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TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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epl1g TIL When Benjamin Franklin returned to America after having spent nine years in Paris as an ambassador, he was short 100,000 pounds in congressional money. When questioned on this by a member of Congress Franklin waved the question away and the matter was never brought up again.
5VmNR TIL Americans donate the largest amount of money to charity as percent of GDP by a large margin
4kyP6 TIL that due to an agreement between the National Archives and Caroline Kennedy, the jacket Jackie Kennedy wore on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated cannot be displayed in public until 2103
eQeg TIL that in September 2005, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sacked the entire government in an effort to curb corruption.
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