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TIL that China only holds 8% of US debt.

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e0bvn TIL the forgotten show "Time Squad" was the first cartoon produced under the "Cartoon Network" banner for their own network and not Hanna Barrera. It also featured Mark Hamill as a robot.
lO7a TIL 16-term Congressman Barney Frank was openly gay since 1987 but kept his atheism a secret till he left office because in politics, it’s harder to come out as atheist
N7OR6 TIL that you have to weight your bags to take the train in Canada
nW9gB TIL about the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. US President Benjamin Harrison made the declaration that on 22 April 1889 at 12pm the Unassigned Land in Indian Territory would be open for settlement. At the time of the opening, which was indicated by gunshot, 50.000 people were lined up at the start
M7xAb TIL that the British SAS was originally a fake regiment used to deceive Axis intelligence and was made real in 1941 by David Stirling who wanted a rogue regiment. Their first successful mission was stealing euipment (including a piano) from a New Zealand base