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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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GnVg TIL Tiger Woods stuttered as a child and used to talk to his dog until he fell asleep in an effort to get rid of it.
KjZR TIL That the U.S. prison population is about 25 percent of the world’s prisoners even though the country itself holds only 5 percent of the world’s population.
rR5ko TIL that Terry Kath killed himself by an accidental gun shot to the head after saying to his roadie, “Don’t worry... look, the clip’s not even in it” then pulling the gun’s trigger while it still had a bullet in the chamber.
4Xenw TIL George Washington was the only President of the United States who didn't live in Washington DC.
69Eem TIL that from 2004 to 2005, the constituency of Basingstoke in Southern England was represented by the DUP, a Northern Irish political party when its MP, Andrew Hunter, defected to them