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TIL The last surviving WWI Veteran was a woman.

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JYKeQ TIL Disney World is the second-largest purchaser of explosives in the United States. The first is the U. S. Department of Defense
wWGJ TIL I learned about Goodhart’s Law. Whenever we pick a measurement as an indicator for the economy (or for anything really), it ceases to be a good indicator. Because almost everyone is going to fudge their results to match it.
9wJQQ TIL that until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as "New Holland"
OonmY TIL in 1983 and before they were famous, John Goodman and Megan Mullally were both in the same McDonalds commercial
BeYe TIL a 10 year girl saved hundreds of people during the Thailand Boxing day Tsunami of 2004 after learning about the warning signs of Tsunami 2 weeks prior.