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TIL NYC had a higher GDP than Mexico.

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nZjd TIL: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is 150 yards long. A similar monument for the Vietnamese killed (with the same density of names) would be NINE MILES LONG!
lo5Va TIL that Dolly Parton's family was so poor that the doctor who brought her into the world was paid with a sack of cornmeal
VRPG TIL when volunteers providing food to elderly and poor people through the Meals on Wheels program began to notice that people were sharing their limited food with their pets, an organization called AniMeals was developed to feed their pets as well.
gMb9b TIL That the British presided over the death of over 16 million Indians due to negligence/ignorance/mismanagement of famines and prevention of relief efforts, and then deliberately starved to 1.5 - 4 million Indians to death during WW2.
e0Q8J TIL that since dolphins breathe manually, they cannot enter 'deep sleep' like humans. Therefore, dolphins only allow one half of their brains to sleep at a time, and never lose consciousness.