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TIL the United Nations estimates that $1.7 Trillion is wagered globally in illegal sports betting markets each year

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6VrW TIL Bill Clinton’s cat has his own unreleased SNES game, in which he fights caricatures of Republican leaders to warn the White House of a stolen nuclear missile.
6veW TIL For as long as NYC can remember, there have only been 2 days in NYC when no shootings, stabbings, or slashings were reported. These two days occurred in 2012 and 2013.
Lkegm TIL that the Jurassic period is named after the french moutain of Jura where geological elements of that period were named "terrains jurassiques" in 1829 by Alexandre Brongniart
wLAM7 TIL about a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. It causes severe facial pain. One of the most painful conditions known to medicine and nicknamed "the suicide disease ".
5VeyD TIL Andrew Jackson the 7th President of the Unites States used to hate Banks and Paper Notes