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TIL that China only holds 8% of US debt.

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oBO0E TIL: Wreaths Across America was started by the same family that owns a wreath manufacturer, Worcester Wreath. 75-80% of Worcester Wreath's business is supplying wreaths to the charity though an essentially no-bid contract.
W7eA8 TIL a pair of (otherwise) identical twins was conceived where one twin had Down syndrome and the other did not
pgrN TIL of Tommy McHugh, who at 51 “attempted to evacuate his bowels quickly due to a knock on the toilet door,” suffered a brain hemorrhage, and unlocked a previously hidden talent for creating poetry and art
oWE7 TIL in 1950, South Korea executed 100,000+ suspected Communists and Communist sympathizers - Moreso, among those slaughtered were 12 and 13-year old girls. Following the massacre, the bodies were thrown into the sea.
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