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TIL that Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains is 3/64 (~4.7%) Choctaw, and eligible for tribal citizenship

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nWym7 TIL Amarillo, Texas was the sole producer of commercial helium in the world for a number of years and now houses the National Helium Reserve, which once held over 1 billion cubic meters (about 170,000,000 kg) of helium!
xVwB7 TIL it would take the world's richest man 220 years to go broke if he spends $1 million each day
QNGXX TIL schools have used infant simulator dolls which are designed to behave like real babies by crying, burping, and requiring 'feeding' and diapering, to try to deter teen pregnancy. A 2016 study found that teen girls in schools that used the dolls were about 36% more likely to get pregnant by age 20
XgwP TIL after 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ, the US and South Korea sent 813 soldiers, 27 helicopters and nuclear-capable bombers to the DMZ to supervise the cutting down of the tree. North Korean soldiers watched in silence as the tree was cut down in 42 minutes.
KYlY6 TIL Moray eels have two sets of jaws: the oral jaws and the pharyngeal jaws