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TIL Student debt in America now exceeds $1 Trillion.. that is even greater than the nation’s credit card debt!

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4XD1a TIL about Sir Nils Olav III, a chief-in-command of the Norwegian King's Guard, and is also a penguin.
woElJ TIL that in order to settle their long standing border dispute Benin and Burkina Faso declared in 2008 that the ~68 km2 area of Koalou/Kourou would belong to neither country. Making it one of the worlds few unclaimed territories.
6lVm TIL That Day light saving has no effect on the state’s energy consumption. And a study in Indiana showed that DST actually increased energy demand, presumably because of an increased need for air conditioning.
617m TIL a Hungarian man murdered 24 women and attempted to pickle their bodies in beer before enlisting to fight in World War 1. When his crimes were discovered, he evaded capture and was never heard from again.
NXdQP TIL the Kimberly Process, by which diamonds are certified as "conflict-free", has been largely abandoned as ineffective. Due to corruption and smuggling it is essentially impossible to tell if a gem is a blood diamond or not.