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TIL when the Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, the bill was given the identifier "H.R. 1776."

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yD8J TIL the Amish are among the fastest-growing populations in the world, with an average of seven children per family.
QJXlM TIL you have a greater risk of mental illness if you are highly intelligent. A survey of the top 2% of Mensa members showed that their rates of depression, bipolar disorder, BPD, SAD were all higher than the national average. Scientists suspect that a highly active brain might also be high sensitive
xV8J1 TIL that Charles Manson was briefly a Scientologist, but left because he found it to be "too crazy".
NX0EQ TIL an isolated, extinct volcano crater in Papua New Guinea is home to more than 40 unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the world's smallest parrot
pKWG TIL there are mysterious undersea “Pyramid” in Japan that is 5000 years old.