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TIL because they make over 300 million small rubber tires each year, LEGO is considered the world’s # 1 tire manufacturer

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D1W8P TIL the Indian musicians who played on Sgt Pepper each received £20 per session. The album had sold 32 million copies.
4Xjww TIL Cattle rustling still occurs in the American West. In 2015, the Braum's restaurant chain had 1,100 unbranded cattle stolen from them.
loPrB TIL Abraham Lincoln authorized the creation of the Secret Service whose original purpose was to investigate counterfeit money which accounted for almost half of all US currency. He was shot the same day.
nBaG TIL that a college dropout fooled her parents into believing she was still enrolled in order to continue collecting tuition money. Then on graduation day, she called in bomb threats so her parents wouldn’t see her not graduate.
WkdQN TIL George Washington quarantined his troops during a smallpox outbreak, and several of his retreats can be attributed to his desire to avoid smallpox