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TIL that J.P. Morgan bailed out the United States treasury twice to avert financial crisis.

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epBvD TIL that you are able to hear people talking miles away, given the right weather conditions.
QQLM TIL two million citizens of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia held hands in 1989, forming a 600 km (370 mi) human chain to protest against Soviet occupation. The Soviet Union threatened “catastrophic consequences”, but ended up peacefully giving the states their freedom.
R7kEa TIL that over 4,000 prisoners die in custody each year in the United States. Suicide is the leading cause of death in local jails, while state prisons see more cancer deaths. White males are the most likely to die in prison, with one fourth of the fatalities occurring in Texas and California.
l0J1 TIL Mohammed declared in a charter, that Muslims were to protect Christians until the end of the world. Christians weren’t to be persecuted in Muslim countries and wouldn’t be drafted into the military.
X0EwR TIL before bacteria were genetically modified to make insulin, more than 1800 kgs of pig's parts were required to make just to make 0.23 kgs of insulin for human use