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TIL It's Brussels Sprouts not Brussel Sprouts

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b9lRj TIL of Hart Island, AKA “Island of the Dead”, off the coast of New York City. It’s the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world with over 1 million unclaimed bodies. The bodies are buried by prisoners from Rikers Island. All graves are unmarked. Nobody is allowed on.
DMnr TIL that the British made their final payment to the USA for war materials and food supplies during WWII in 2006.
Mv4m TIL of whataboutism, a propaganda tactic used in the Soviet Union to discredit critics. When a criticism was posed, they would respond with “What about…” followed by an event from the western world.
Y7vBA TIL 'the Midas touch' comes from Greek Mythology where Dionysus gave King Midas the power to turn everything into gold. King Midas soon hated this power because he inevitably turned all his food and wine into gold.
QLba TIL that boxer Wladimir Klitshko auctioned his Olympic gold medal to raise money for underprivileged Ukranian children. He raised $1,000,000. The buyer immediately returned the medal to Wladimir as he wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.