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Til 2 out of the 5 top U.S foreign aid recipients since WWII are failed states that no longer exist

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RKLa TIL Roy Orbison refused to allow In Dreams to be used in Blue Velvet. David Lynch used it anyway. After seeing the move Roy said “I really got to appreciate what David gave to the song, and what the song gave to the movie—how it achieved this otherworldly quality that added a whole new dimension”
dvP9 Today I learned that ‘sine’ is derived from an Arabic word for 'bosom’, thus making it the oldest mathematical boobies joke.
nb7o TIL Roller Coaster tycoon was programmed by one guy. In Assembly.
R7RK1 TIL that Platypuses and their cousins the Echidna do not have stomachs.
R5New TIL the cast and crew on the film Titanic were drugged after eating clam chowder laced with PCP.