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TIL as of 2019, the richest 26 people in the world own as much assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population.

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ZpXko TIL the Three Gorges Dam in China slowed down the Earth’s rotation and shifted the pole positioning due to the 10 trillion gallons of reservoir water
xVAND TIL the stereotype of a witch riding a broomstick may come from historic witches straddling hallucinogenic substance-coated brooms naked to apply the drugs to their vaginas
a8gLb TIL that Mr. Monk, Tony Shalhoub, was the voice of Luigi in the Disney/Pixar “Cars” franchise
XEeM6 TIL that Russia trained dolphins how to kill people with harpoons and to undertake kamikaze strikes against enemies. They then sold them to Iran after running out of dolphin food
bKQN TIL Elvis Presley wore a cross, a Star of David and the Hebrew word ‘chai’ (life) because he didn’t want to “miss out on heaven due to a technicality”