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TIL that there was a counter protest of thousands during the Madison Square Garden rally

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jMER TIL it’s possible to fool Norwegian vending machines by using a 10 SYP Coin which is 18 times less the value of ‘the identical’ 20 NOK Coin
gwr4 TIL that the Soviets dumped 17,000 containers of nuclear waste, 14 nuclear reactors, and more in the Kara Sea. Including one submarine that may re-achieve criticality and explode.
xVdb TIL: The US has a higher poverty rate than Vietnam
LkEeP TIL that in 2007, 2008 and every year from 2011 to 2015, a 6-foot Lego minifigure washed up on the shore somewhere in the world with the words "NO REAL THAN YOU ARE" written on it. They are all signed by "Ego Leonard" (or L, Ego), an artist whose actual name and identity are unknown.
M4RB TIL that one of Bolivia’s oldest silver mines has claimed the lives of an estimated 8 million people in the past 500 years. It is known as the ‘Mountain that eats men" and is still mined with pick and shovel today.