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TIL there are more species of fish found in the Amazon river then are recorded in the entire Atlantic ocean.

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OG8l6 TIL that before the first juvenile court was established in 1899, 7 year old children in the US were tried and punished as adults.
j6APR TIL that Cuba have only cashed 1 cheque that America have sent them for the lease for the land that Guantanamo Bay Naval Base sits on since 1959.
xn7o TIL that screwdrivers “popping out” of Phillips-head screws is an intentional design goal of the Phillips-head shape, to prevent thread damage during automated manufacturing. The design remains popular even though improvements to automatic screwdrivers have largely eliminated its benefits.
ODv6 TIL Teddy Roosevelt had a pet one-legged rooster
9YgDm TIL The United States Government encouraged Nazis to emigrate to the states and compensated them in exchange for foreign intelligence. Many of them were war criminals, yet they faced little to no punishment and were allowed to live out the rest of their lives in America