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TIL The Chinese purchase more U.S. residential real estate than buyers from any other foreign country

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gYQ8 TIL that in 1861, the entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate Army as a single company. They suffered a 100% casualty rate during the Civil War.
6Eymm TIL the origin of the expression "The whole 9 yards" is unknown. It may have referred to: the length of pieces of fabric/garments, WWII aircraft machine gun belts, Football, OR ritual disembowelment
ZwMp TIL Devil’s Breath, scopolamine, is a drug that south American criminals blow into the face of victims to turn them into compliant ‘zombies’ who will empty their bank accounts & hand over their valuables when asked, then retain no memory of any of the events later, leaving the criminals unidentified
nWjao TIL kangaroos keep cool by licking their balls.
89EP TIL that the distance between a man’s anus and genitalia can be used as an indicator of fertility.