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TIL: The United States consumes 80% of the world’s opioids

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8eeeb TIL, in 1989 in Tacoma, WA, Army Ranger buddies at a bbq were threatened by Crips in the neighborhood. The Rangers called more buddies, who brought more firearms. They set up defensive positions and a shoot-out ensued later that night when the Crips made a move on the house.
P1MZw TIL that, thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment.
OoOa TIL that a cat can be its own twin when two fertilized eggs fuse together.
BypD TIL that Jeff Bridges is an avid photographer and has been compiling photobooks on set of his movies for years.
ANRyx TIL that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota was named after a log cabin chapel