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TIL: For the past two decades, 10 percent of all the electricity consumed in the United States has come from Russian nuclear warheads.

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AD1bw TIL of the mysterious Williamson Tunnels in Liverpool, England, a series of extensive subterranean excavations, of unknown purpose.
1aKj7 TIL the Pinkerton Detective Agency, once the largest private law enforcement organization in the World ,famous for their Hunting of Outlaws and Strikebreaking, still exists and operates today.
epZWk TIL of Hurricane Bawbag. It was a storm that hit Scotland in 2011 and was named after the Scottish word for scrotum.
YlkP TIL pirates wore gold earings so if they were ever washed up on sea,the earings would pay for their funeral.
xew5 TIL that half of the worlds richest 1% are Americans. The global middle class (as defined by median income) makes about $1225/year.