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TIL that Hawaii is bigger than seven other states in the US (including Massachusetts), is comparable in size to Maryland, and is roughly 1/3rd the size of South Carolina.

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gvA7 TIL the ‘Department of Defense Excess Property Program’, hands out over $500M worth of free surplus military-grade weaponry to state and local law enforcement each year, militarizing hundreds of jurisdictions a year.
D1LED TIL that the confusing and maze-like layouts of stores like IKEA is called "The Gruen Transfer", and is meant to force shoppers to see more merchandise than they planned. It is named after mall architest Victor Gruen, who actually hated such manipulative techniques.
8XmL TIL the first rap single to reach #1 in the US was Ice Ice Baby in 1990. The first rap single to reach #1 in Canada was Rapper’s Delight in 1980
eb1b TIL in November 2008 at the height of hyperinflation, 1 US dollar was equal to 2,621,984,228,675,650,147,435,579,309,984,228 Zimbabwe dollars
oBemW TIL uranium is one of the more common elements in the Earth’s crust. 40 times more common than silver and 500 times more common than gold.