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TIL more Americans live in Mexico City than Wyoming.

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eGAg TIL In WWII, German soldiers, high on a drug called Pervitin (crystal meth), would sprint tirelessly through the Ardennes at the onset of the war. Winston Churchill was dumbfounded at their performance. One German general even boasted that his men stayed awake for 17 straight days.
AD76w TIL dying of laughter is an actual cause of death. The last notable case was when a man of died of laughter because his pulse hit an estimated 250-500 bpm while watching 'A Fish Called Wanda'.
WQLB TIL that when 6-year old Adam Walsh (the son of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh) was murdered in 1981, the police investigation was so inept that they lost the bloodstained carpet from the suspect’s Cadillac, the machete used to decapitate Walsh, and eventually, the car itself.
ngw9 TIL there is a territory in Costa Rica called Territorio De Zaguates (Land of the Strays) which is basically a huge no kill dog shelter where you can hike for free with the dogs
xVvvo TIL there are millions of American citizens living in American territories that don't have the right to vote for their President, among other things.