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TIL the U.S. government spends billions of dollars providing GPS for the entire world to use for free

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VMyQG TIL that ex-presidents are not allowed to drive
4xp5 TIL that President Harry S. Truman commanded an artillery battery in WW1 in the US Army, and under his command, ‘Battery D did not lose a single man in France.’
XEKar TIL a 665-foot cargo ship called the Golden Ray capsized off the coast of Georgia in September 2019 carrying around 4,000 Hyundais and Kias as the result of a fire. The entire crew escaped safely but the ship remains partially submerged on its side in St. Simons Sound, Georgia.
yQxlv TIL That Abigail Adams Sent a Letter to John Adams, A Few Months Before the Declaration of Independence Was Signed, to "Remember the Ladies".
MeE00 TIL the cult fo the flying spaghetti monster is basically just a copy of the already existing Baháí Faith, that acknowledges all other religions and embraces human rights and science