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TIL of the Dead Internet Theory which states that we are being manipulated by bots

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OAl6 TIL that the United States consumes 80% of the world’s supply of pain killers. Annually the pain killers kill more Americans than cocaine and heroin combined.
gMWoL TIL that in 2002, China discovered 27 listening devices installed in a Boeing 767 which was going to be used as the Premier's transport. The Chinese allege that the devices were installed by the CIA while the aircraft was undergoing maintenance in Texas. The CIA and White House refused to comment.
eYGk TIL Harris Rosen offered scholarships to students in a very poor neighborhood, Tangelo Park, who got good grades and completely changed the socioeconomics of the area. He has adopted another neighborhood project but 5 times larger in an area near Orlando called Parramore District.
J1Rj8 TIL the first satellite navigation system, Transit, was operational in 1964, only 7 years after the Sputnik-1 launch
OojE1 TIL that during the filming of the miniseries “To the Ends of The Earth”, in South Africa, actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) was kidnapped by armed kidnappers.