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TIL that in the United States, certain types of firearms are legal to manufacture by unlicensed individuals for personal use. They are also unregulated in 35 states.

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jNeJv TIL a blood donor will lose around 650 calories by donating 1 pint of blood. That 1 pint of blood could save up to 3 lives.
dDEJB TIL that saving $2k a year from age 19-26 would leave you with more money at 65 than if you invested the same amount from 27-65. At 10% a year average returns, the person who saved for seven years would have over $1M, while the person who saved for almost 40 years would have about $800k.
nWV79 TIL a sheepdog named Casper fought off 11 coyotes for half an hour, Killed 8 of them and survived with a severe neck wound and a missing.
En7X TIL that a man spent 17 years building a Lamborghini from scratch in his basement and then smashed a hole in his house to get it out
nenrP TIL That in 2017 a conservative estimate of a 100 million sharks were killed by humans, while only 5 humans were killed by unprovoked shark attacks