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TIL India is building a fence around Bangladesh

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womP TIL that the man who created the 5 Hour Energy drink, Manoj Bhargava, is worth 1.5 billion dollars.
eplL4 TIL that Jane Pierce, the wife of President Franklin Pierce, was so heartbroken at the loss of their son, Benjamin, that for nearly two years, she remained in the upstairs living quarters of the White House, spending her days writing letters to her dead son.
oYG7 TIL: Detroit Fire Department is so underfunded they use soda cans filled with loose change as fire alarms
kJGL7 TIL the CIA struggled to recruit candidates who had visible tattoos because such markings made agents easier to identify. This rule has been relaxed, but it once limited their ability to hire otherwise qualified applicants.
RXvl TIL that in Hungary, there’s a term—"Kacsamesék generáció"—that translates to “the DuckTales generation,” referring to kids who were born in the early-to-mid ‘80s.