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TIL that the GPS service used globally is paid for by the U.S. Department of Defense, and costs upwards of a billion dollars annually.

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VBnlk TIL Egypt isn't the country with the most Pyramids in the world. It's Sudan with 220 Pyramids(almost twice of Egypt which is ~118)
ZpKJD TIL that almost half of the US population (132.13 million users) spend about 5 to 6 hours of their time using their smartphones
4XdJa Today I Learned Elvis Presley asked President Nixon for a DEA badge because he believed ‘With the federal narcotics badge, he could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished’.
Pavg TIL That for the hefty sum of 25,000 Dollars, you can buy a Rolex watch, the face of which is made of meteorite.
OPxe TIL 98% of women in Somalia have experienced forced gential mutilation