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TIL South Dakota holds $2.5 trillion in bank assets—more than any other state.

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OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
YW17 TIL that Jodie Foster was so fluent in French that she dubbed her own movies
BrWeW TIL Marathon runner drank urine and ate bats, snakes and lizards to survive in the desert after he got lost for 10 days.
R5Dj8 TIL According to legend the revolt leader Simon bar Kokhba, once found an attacked man who had his tongue and hands cut off, bar Kokhba asked the man a series of yes/no questions which he could nod to, the assailants were caught as a result. Bar Kokhba has since become a question game in Hungary.
1aQg7 TIL Uday Hussein beat a soldier to death when the man wouldn't let him dance with his wife