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TIL Since 1945 the world has only been 26 days without war.

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MdJa TIL that the fatality rate among hard drug users is 14 times higher than for the general population
v1XRB TIL that the Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.
X04QR TIL Polish-born American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was most likely intersex.
PYWrn TIL a New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite; his wife said it was too expensive and sent him back to return it, because it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. He then decided to buy 2 lottery tickets with the cash refunded from the OJ; he won $315.3 million.
Y7drv TIL in the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland, from the 16th century to 2002, horses lived underground permanently to operate machinery, they were lowered down and never came back up.