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TIL during Vietnam's war against French colonists, 80% of the colonists' war budget was financed by the USA

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AA8B TIL bat droppings contain numerous infectious organisms, many of which if disseminated to the brain could make you literally “bat shit crazy”.
N7BKJ TIL there is a difference between a road and a street. A road connects two different places or towns, whereas a street is a small public road that is well within a city or town.
KdMa TIL during the filming of Lord of the Rings, Sean Bean refused a helicopter ride to a set due to a fear of flying and instead hiked up to it in full Boromir armor
GYZ1j TIL that City Park in New Orleans holds the world's largest collection of mature live oak trees, some older than 600 years in age.
6EDNX TIL there is a mud volcano that has been erupting since May 2006 in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. Although it has been contained with levees, mud floodings are still an often recurrance disrupting local highways and villages