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TIL that an acre is the amount of land that can be plowed by a pair of oxen in one day.

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l1AB TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of an ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
5KGB TIL The military spends more money on air conditioning than NASA’s entire budget
AYdx TIL that all letters addressed to Santa in the United States go to Santa Claus, Indiana where they celebrate Christmas all year long.
WkDyY TIL Earth has a planetary protection officer, who is responsible for keeping invasive extraterrestrial species at bay
8eBKX TIL: A political decoy is a person employed to draw attention away from a politician and to take risks on that their behalf.