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TIL The US consumes 99% of Vicodin in the world.

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m6Yv TIL that, by examining high-resolution satellite imagery with algorithms developed via trial-and-error, Sarah Parcak and her team have discovered 17 pyramids, 1,000 tombs, and over 3,100 settlements in Egypt alone. She now wants to crowdsource “space archaeology” to prevent looting of ancient sites.
ANQd7 TIL: Bolivia is the only country where cocaine is truly legal and even has a cocaine bar where you can order actual coke with your cocktail
DYxD TIL The South Park three episode story “Imaginationland” was originally intended to be a full length feature film.
pYE8A TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people known as "knocker-uppers" were employed to wake workers by tapping on their windows with long sticks.
OGNl6 TIL the only MLB team to never make it to the World Series is the Seattle Mariners.