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TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.

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KOXxB TIL sax player (and Keith Richards' best friend) was fired from the Rolling Stones 1973 tour after being found in a bath tub filled with Dom Perignon champagne. Because the cost of the champagne was deducted from his pay and he made no money for the tour.
M7x6m TIL that there exists a Peruvian political movement called Ethnocacerism, an ultranationalist indigenous movement that seeks to restore the borders of the Incan Empire. It was founded by the father of former Peruvian president Ollanta Humala.
N7RWe TIL: Emmitt Till’s murderers were acquitted in the face of overwhelming evidence and publicly admitted and detailed how they committed murder a year after their acquittal in an interview with Look magazine.
1aBr8 TIL there is a death metal band named Hatebeak whose vocalist is a parrot.
DQwLj TIL that in France, bars can’t have a Happy Hour without also making non-alcoholic drinks cheaper