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TIL that Mexico was once almost as large as the Roman Empire
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TIL some streets in Old San Juan, PR are paved with blue cobblestones, called adoquines, and were made from the waste, or slag, that resulted from iron smelting, then cast into blocks and brought to the island as ballasts in the bottoms of 18th-century Spanish ships.
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TIL Approximately 10 percent of U.S. adults are classified as having obesity during the 1950s.In 2011 to 2012, however, the CDC reported approximately 35 percent of U.S. adults had obesity; the prevalence of obesity among American adults has more than tripled within the last six decades.
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TIL that tasmanian devil babies can be called imps
Xp16
TIL the largest bank heist in history was $1 Billion US Dollars stolen from a Central Bank just hours before the US began bombing Iraq. The weapon that made this heist possible was a note, signed by Saddam Hussein. It took over 5 hours to load the money onto the trucks.
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TIL Roger Ebert considers Armageddon (1998) to be one of his most hated films. He said it was “an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained.”