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TIL the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars includes at least 253,330 brain injuries, 1,700 amputations, and 6,656 deaths on the U.S. side alone.

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gMkN4 TIL the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is elected by writing the names of the top three candidates, putting them in a box and having a five-year old child draw blindly one of the names.
Lk4QP TIL The United States Constitution lists issuing letters of marque and reprisal as one of the enumerated powers of Congress. These letters authorize a private person, known as a privateer, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. Congress can make you a pirate.
YpZxA TIL that people with low IQ’s are more likely to reproduce than those with high IQ’s.
rD0w TIL That during the height of the cold war, Neil Armstrong’s final task on the moon was to place memorial items honoring fallen Russian cosmonauts.
9mOr TIL The World’s Biggest Organism is actually a giant fungus and not an Aspen Tree.