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TIL if you’re an American with over $4,436 in your bank account, you are already richer than 50% of Americans.

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R70Rj TIL Bolivia became landlocked in 1904 after losing the War of the Pacific. However, the country still observes the Day of the Sea, "where politicians give speeches and people listen to the recorded sound of seagulls."
X0DbP TIL John Von Neumann proposed an idea of self replicating spacecraft. Robert Freitas calcd they could colonize the milky way in 500k years. That we see no evidence of them implies we are alone. Carl Sagan argued rate of replication would consume so much mass no intelligent species would build them
jNdYv TIL of the “Human Lightning Conductor” Roy C. Sullivan. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was struck by lightning on seven different occasions. He survived all of them.
78yQX TIL that Sikh temples can provide a free meal, a safe place, or a temporary shelter if you're ever in need. Anyone can visit the temple irrespective of their native language, sexual orientation or religious beliefs and they will never try to convert you.
M7NVb TIL that Irish bagpipes are a thing and are distinctly different to Scottish bagpipes (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)