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TIL a week before the Iraq War began, Tim Russert reported “every analysis said this war itself would cost about $80 billion […] We should expect that this would cost at least $100 billion for a two-year involvement.” Brown University’s final tally was $3.2-4 trillion, or about 3500% more.

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1an7P TIL that over the last 300 years, strange bronze dodecahedrons have been found among Roman archaeological sites. Archaeologists are still uncertain what their purpose was.
KrVE TIL that if you connect jello to an EEG brain scan, it registers as being so alive that you wouldn’t legally be allowed to turn it’s life support off.
e0Da4 TIL the arrow symbol (→) is a rather recent invention. The first arrow symbols were used sporadically in the 18th century and arrow symbols only became widely used in the late 19th century. Pointing hand symbols (☞) were used for centuries before the arrow symbol was invented.
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