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TIL the President of Ecuador offered to let the US keep an airbase in his country, but only if Ecuador could have a base in Miami.

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VJGp TIL If you live in the U.S, you’re 8 times more likely to be killed by a Police officer than a Terrorist.
wPeP TIL the world’s oldest joint-stock corporation, the East India Company, was also the longest surviving, spanning 274 years, run by the wealthy merchants, beyond government control, had its own private armies and ruled a sub-continent by means of political and economic subjugation.
epevk TIL that imitating is the best way of flattering someone
1aNb4 TIL: While Hepatitis B shots are a federal requirement for school children, Hepatitis A shots are left to the states to decide. Hepatitis A has the more common outbreaks when someone is infected doesn't wash their hands and then handles food or surfaces.
RPrl TIL “Bicycle Day” (19th April) celebrates Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann’s discovery of LSD in 1943, and the harrowing ride home on his bicycle after deliberately ingesting a dose of the drug