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TIL There is a government program called "Every Kid in a Park" that gives a free year-long national park pass to every fourth grade student that prints one out

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JYWJk TIL - for most people, the pain from Kidney stones is not from passing the stone. Rather, its from the stone making its way from the kidney down the ureter towards the bladder, causing muscle spasms. Most stones pass from bladder out of urine relatively pain free
QJv59 TIL: There is one more episode of Tiger King Coming and Jeff Lowe isn't with his wife from the show
BgLBL TIL the cost to procure a drone for US Dept of the Interior ballooned from $2,600 in 2020 to $15,000 in 2023 (page 6)
OodEg TIL Japan has an angry tea table flipping competition. Competitors sit at a table with imitation food and flip the table over when an elderly woman sitting besides them tells them to "Stop". They also must shout a phrase about anything they want while doing this.
d8j7d TIL Sudan launched a new currency as a precautionary measure, following South Sudan's independence in 2011. It is estimated up to 2bn Sudanese pounds are in circulation in the new country, which has the potential to destabilise Sudan's economy