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TIL that the US has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the World, and it costs the US almost $600 Billion a year annually.

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BrLEd TIL Goldfish can suffer an internal bacteria infection in the kidneys. In the late stages of dropsy, a goldfish will have a swollen belly so severe that its scales are raised outwards and most cases at this point are terminal
ne7eW TIL that Colorado has more ghost towns than active municipalities
e0rVL TIL 16 million US men, out of a total population of 140 million fought in WW2. That is a staggering 11% of the total population.
JYbQ TIL Peter Norman, the little-known “white guy on the podium", made a major contribution to the 1968 Olympic black rights statement. He went home to Australia a pariah – his career ended by the AOC. He died in 2006 without recognition, buried quietly by his lifelong friends: Cook and Carlos. [Fixed]
wA5P TIL the phrase “status quo” is derived from the Latin phrase “in statu quo res erant ante bellum,” meaning “in the state in which things were before the war.”