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TIL: US energy subsidies for the fossil fuel companies cost the US taxpayers 5.3 Trillion dollars, or 6.5% of total Global GDP.

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N7Eg8 TIL in 2003 when Amanda Berry disappeared, "psychic" Sylvia Browne told Berry's mother that she was dead on the Montel Williams show. Berry's mother then died in 2006. In 2013 Berry was found alive after being held captive in Ariel Castro's basement for 10 years.
N7r9N TIL that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is so loud, it’s acoustic sound waves heat up the surrounding atmosphere to almost 2400 degrees Fahrenheit
nebEW TIL: The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has a reverse osmosis system capable of producing more than 500 tonnes of fresh, drinkable water from sea water per day.
16olV TIL that Fecal transplant actually exist.
Myem TIL in the 1990s, a national survey found that Mario was more recognizable to American children than Mickey Mouse