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TIL the ACLU reported that the United States has deported at least 239 Veterans with 60 deported veterans living in the Tijuana area.

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Y6X7 TIL that John Oliver, from the Daily Show, met his wife at the 2008 Republican National Convention. He was doing a piece for the show, and she was working for “Veterans For Freedom.” She helped to hide him, the other correspondents, and the camera crew from security.
0d6M5 TIL about the human brain is incredibly efficient and only runs on about 20 watts of power; about the same amount as a dim light bulb.
jKPE TIL Dolphins deliberately ‘get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins, chewing and passing them around.
7ronp TIL an astronomer travelled to India in 1760 to observe Venus. His ship blew off course, and he missed the date. He stayed in India for 8 years to try again, but the sky was too cloudy. When he returned home, he had been declared dead, his wife remarried, his estate plundered, and his job lost
awjVZ TIL that gif is pronounced as "jif" and not as gif as confirmed by the creator of the gif