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TIL that the US Government spends billions of dollars to keep the Mississippi River from changing course and destroying New Orleans

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NXd0M TIL that the "Tooth Fairy" pays the most in Delaware at an average of $8.91 per tooth and the least in Iowa at $2.30 per tooth. The U.S. average is $4.57.
eWDb TIL when Michael Moore’s biggest critic (author of Moorewatch.com) had trouble paying his wife’s medical bills, anonymous person donated $12,000 for the cause. As it turned out later, it was Michael Moore.
1a5nr TIL that All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye’s lens. Patients who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
v1QyK TIL in the song (Don't Fear) The Reaper, which in its lyrics claim 40,000 men and women die every day, is a very low estimate - in 1976 when the song was released, it was over 100,000 more than that daily.
oPnW TIL the biggest amount of people sent off in a soccer match was 36 people. In an 11-a-side match!