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TIL Although the US makes up about 4 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for 22 percent of the world’s prison population.

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grMo9 TIL that in the 1950s British developed a ten-kiloton nuclear land mine that used living chickens as a source of heat to keep their electronics working during winter.
awJyL TIL in 1999 Kevin Smith joined in a protest against his own movie Dogma, and was even interviewed by the local news under his friends name, Bryan Johnson.
oB98K TIL Depression can cause you to dream up to 3 to 4 times more than you normally would
ybLV TIL After the fall of the USSR, the Lithuanian Basketball team could not afford jerseys for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Grateful Dead became their financiers.
QJV69 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.