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TIL 37% of the entire US government budget was pension payments to veterans of the Civil War by 1894.

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AO6w TIL the State of Texas employs 10,000 more prison guards than school teachers.
pLbO TIL that Hampshire college students spend the morning of Easter Sunday hunting for (and drinking) kegs of beer hidden in woods near the campus. It’s called the Easter Keg Hunt.
8eLrL TIL Cleopatra married her two brothers
v1pLR TIL In Indiana Jones: Raiders’ iconic truck chase, Harrison Ford appears for only a few seconds (closeups). 2nd unit director, Michael D Moore, filmed the scene mostly with stunt doubles, including Terry Leonard who performed Indy dragged underneath the truck and cameoed as a Nazi truck driver
l9BN TIL a cat has “predicted” the deaths of 25 residents in a nursing home in the US. The cat displayed sudden affection for dying residents