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TIL that the company BlackRock has $3.67 trillion in assets under management. “If [it] were a country, then its assets […] would put it at the fourth largest in terms of gross domestic product, higher than Germany or France”.

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R55A4 TIL The Danny Trejo character Machete originated in the Spy Kids movies
jrJn TIL In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least two opposing front teeth so they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid service.
rR5gw TIL that in 2005, cabbage was banned from Korean baseball after frozen cabbage leaves fell out of Doosan Bears' pitcher Park Myung-Hwan's cap mid-game. After an emergency meeting, KBO officials ruled that cabbage leaves are considered an “alien material” that is capable of disrupting a game.
rbky TIL George Washington inoculated his troops against smallpox, reducing a 17% death rate from the disease down to 1%
Gy6G TIL an experiment sponsored the Quaker Oats corporation fed 73 mentally disabled children radioactive oatmeal in order to track “how nutrients were digested”. The children were told they were joining a science club in exchange for larger portions of food and trips to baseball games.