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TIL American prisons produce: 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet proof vests, 93% of domestically used paints, 36% of home appliances, 21% of office furniture, which allows America to compete with factories in Mexico.

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PRAn TIL about the Georgia Guidestones, a 238k pound monument in Georgia, by some people seen as “the American stonehenge”
R5KJ1 TIL Professional mourners are hired to attend funerals in some parts of the world. In China some even bring their own band.
VMVmB TIL about Alice Ball, an African American woman who, in 1915, at the age of 23 revolutionized the treatment for leprosy, by creating an soluble & injectable treatment from chaulmoogra oil.
e5kn TIL that Robin Williams’ had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and LBD (Lewy Body Dementia) before he died. His wife believes this was why he took his life.
XR7X TIL An Oxford University study concluded that men need at least two “guys nights” a week to stay healthy