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TIL People on Parliament computers tried to view porn 250,000 times last year.

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XEoXR TIL that, according to the CIA, the average Soviet citizen (during the Cold War) was likely better fed than the average American
ZppyR TIL In paleontology, an "Elvis taxon" is a group of organisms that was thought to have re-emerged from extinction, but in reality has actually merely developed a similar evolution, "in recognition of the many Elvis impersonators who have appeared since the death of The King."
mxPrp TIL that Hawaiian Pizza was not invented in Hawaii, but rather by a Greek-Canadian in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1962
g1vL TIL that France is the most successful military power in European history, having won 109 wars, drawn 10 and lost 49
KP4w TIL By paying a fee of $300 you could officially and legally avoid the civil war draft. You could also find a substitute to fight in your place, a tactic the rich often used to avoid being enlisted. To encourage recruits to join, even Abraham Lincoln paid a man $500 to enlist on his behalf.