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TIL approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account

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g9k9 TIL Weaponizing weather is against the Geneva Convention.
5pmR TIL last year all 3 major US credit bureaus quietly adopted new regulations following a lawsuit, which prevent collections agencies from reporting any debt consumers didn’t agree to. This includes parking & traffic tickets, fines, towing fees, etc. It also limits reporting of medical debt.
8WXG TIL for $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag full of $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.
nEjo TIL Astronomers have found a mind-bogglingly large structure – so big it takes light 10 billion years to traverse
78AWx TIL that when Christopher Mintz-Plasse filmed Superbad, his mother was required by law to be on set during his sex scene as he was still a minor at the time.