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TIL that Judge Judy makes more money than David Letterman.
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TIL a single asteroid can contain US$20 trillion worth of metals.
5Ykr
TIL that the ban on condoms in America due to anti-contraception laws (which lasted until 1972) led to high rates of STDs among US troops during WWI.
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TIL a trial run of the “skyhook” (method of retrieving a stranded person using a plane without landing) used a live pig, which spun in the air uncontrollably during test. After regaining its bearings on the plane, it attacked the crew.
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TIL that the CIA paid Vietnam War spies by ordering them items from the Sears catalog because the spies operated in areas that had a barter economy and didn't rely on cash
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TIL that the first recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861.