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TIL student loans have passed credit cards and auto loans to become the second biggest source of personal debt in the U.S., trailing only mortgages.

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rNaPo TIL that West Virginia's split from Virginia was controversial. Instead of joining the civil war, citizens met to form WV. Legally a state split needs the consent of the existing government, but when the only representatives in D.C. were from WV, Lincoln decided they were Virginia's only government.
epwMJ TIL Phil Collins can beatbox
v1vKR TIL The only pharmaceutical company in the US that manufactured coral snake antivenom has stopped doing so because it isn't profitable. There is no know date for when new antivenom will be available.
E1nXP TIL that in 1958, Canada set off one of the largest intentional non-nuclear explosions in history to remove a rock in the middle of a shipping lane. A tunnel half a mile long was dug out under the ocean and filled with 2.75 million pounds of explosive.
v1ED8 TIL that during the Great Depression, the state of Arkansas was in such bad financial shape that the treasurer at one point reported a balance of $4.62 for the entire general revenue fund of the state.