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TIL The US is 15th on the list of countries which believe that “The US government respects the freedom of its people.”

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YpA8r TIL that McDonalds Coca-Cola taste different because it is sent to McDonalds in Stainless Steel containers instead of bags like most restaurants
gbjW TIL Andrew jackson’s opponents called him a jackass, so he adopted the name and used it as his own campaign symbol. It eventually became the symbol for the entire democratic party.
d8K5E TIL that Oskar Schindler died broke, having spent his entire fortune (equivalent to $14 million) saving Jews from the Nazis. Of the 15 million Jews left alive today, roughly 15,000 of them owe their lives to Schindler. He is the only Nazi buried on Mount Zion.
rRmKo TIL that Gail Halvorsen, a US pilot, would drop candies for German children in late 1940s Berlin. To not injure them, he would fabricate parachutes out of handkerchiefs and tied them to the rations.
9GXM TIL Los Angeles and its suburbs, home to 19 million people, is the only megacity in the world where mountain lions live side by side with humans.