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TIL Dung beetle is the strongest creature in the world.It can pull 1,141 times their own body weight.

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ZLOB TIL that, because of his personal wealth from his acting career, Arnold Schwarzenegger did not accept his governor’s salary of $175,000 per year during his time in office.
v1Egx TIL that in 2018, Ukraine spent 5-7% of its annual government budget on recovery and cleanup efforts related to the Chernobyl disaster.
nv7o TIL that the French held out at Fort Vaux against crushing German attacks for 3 days with no water. The commander sent requests for aid, the last one saying “This is my last pigeon”. The pigeon was awarded France’s highest military honour.
jrjn TIL It only costs $30 billion USD per year to solve world hunger. The US spent nearly FORTY TIMES that amount on military in 2006.
X04kR TIL that Jimmy Carter is known as the first US President born in a hospital (1924)