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TIL A lot of angry men have a core sense of inferiority. They feel like they don’t measure up. And that is a lot of men, especially white men, feel like other people are getting stuff that they're entitled to and not getting it.

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8aWoZ TIL that because of the amount of ice it sits on, the South Pole actually has an elevation of 9,300 ft. (2800m) and people have had to be evacuated due to altitude sickness.
dDXBj TIL that in 1860 President Buchanan vetoed the Homestead Act, stating it was unfair to "old settlers" who had paid for the land.
oR99L TIL while composing his 1984 song "When Doves Cry", there was originally was a bass line in the song, but after a conversation with singer Jill Jones, Prince decided that the song was too conventional with it included and omitted the entire bass line.
pYaxN TIL that the United States Postal Service doesn’t own or operate any aircraft. Instead, they contract with companies like FedEx and UPS to help transport mail and packages
opxo TIL that Blue Whales can expend upto 1900 calories to take a single bite, and if its prey is densely packed enough it could take in about 2 million calories.