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TIL gamblers lose $6 billion a year at Las Vegas casinos

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L09m TIL The origin of the word “Butterfly” may have come from its yellow excrement and the middle Dutch word boterschijte. The literal meaning is “butter-shitter”.
g6A9 TIL in 2006, The FBI planted an informant in a South California mosque who pretended to be a radical muslim, and the muslims in the mosque reported him to the FBI
pYOge TIL that Andrew Johnson was drunk when he made his inaugural address as Vice President of the United States in 1865. Witnesses described his speech as hostile, inane, incoherent, repetitive, self-aggrandising, and sloppy.
ZmKD TIL that Jehovah’s Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition in the United States. Only 37% of those who were raised in the faith claim membership as adults. They also have nearly the lowest average income and level of educational attainment.
VWo4 TIL fresh snow can reflect 80% of UV light and can cause “snow blindness” which is a painful sunburn on your eyeball