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TIL that when U.S. Counties are ranked by per capita income, of the worst 5 percent of the counties, one - third are named for Confederate Leaders.

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Oov47 TIL: That the Netherlands Flood Defense System includes 2 of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World. Dutch government spends >1BN euro/yr ensuring that its extensive system of dikes/dams/levies are held to a standard of 1 flood every 10,000 years, this includes depositing 3.1bn gallons of sand on shores.
LXPP TIL That many of Rodin’s most famous works, including The Thinker, are actually enlargements from a single sculptural piece, The Gates of Hell
1aOBP TIL that if the last of Iberian lynx population (94 in 2002) died out, it would be the first feline to become extinct since the sabre-toothed tiger 10,000 years ago.
gM4D TIL California makes the same amount of money as Italy every year, and that Texas makes as much as Russia.
v1xdL TIL mannequins in stores or in the front windows of stores are often all white, but this can be changed to increase diversity and support all races