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TIL the US federal government wastes 247 billion dollars in taxpayer money each year

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bME TIL That Mountain Dew Baja Blast is chemically formulated to taste good with Taco Bell food
KYGW9 TIL scientists at Australia’s most famous radio telescope were baffled by signal bursts coming from the direction of distant galaxies for 17 years before they were eventually traced back to someone at the facility opening the door of a microwave oven while it was still running, causing interference
4kpPa TIL there is pharmaceutical treatment for alcoholism
NXYE1 TIL: That in 2014, a doctor in Wales was handed a suspended sentence for faking Viagra prescriptions because he said he was too embarrassed to see his GP. Staff became suspicious because the doctor worked in a trauma and orthopaedic unit, where patients would not normally need drugs for impotence.
krkW TIL - A body piercer gave himself dermal implants for mounting his iPod Nano to his wrist!