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TIL a “Buttload” is a real measurement equating to 108 Imperial gallons or 2 Hogsheads

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MEpa TIL - The Red Cross Recieved Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti Relief… ­and Built Six Homes
DDAr TIL that Garrett Hardin, author of “The Tragedy of the Commons” later acknowledged that having resources shared in common did not inevitably end badly, and that he should have titled his essay “The Tragedy of the Unmanaged Commons”
W7aRY TIL The Average weight for males in the United States ages 20 years and older is 199.8 pounds
E1rax TIL about Pitcairn Island, the least populous national jurisdiction in the world. Its 50 inhabitants are descended mostly from a group of 9 mutineers, who settled on the island in 1790.
AXW4 TIL that the copyright extension on Mickey Mouse will expire in 2023 and he will then be in the public domain, unless another copyright extension is passed