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TIL Social Security does not contribute to the National Debt

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v1XxK TIL The US cancelled $16.5 billion of Poland’s foreign debt as a reward for for a top secret Polish intelligence operation that extracted 6 CIA operatives from Iraq just before the Gulf War. Several countries refused to help in such a dangerous operation; only Poland agreed to help
mAmR TIL From 1956 to 1996 the Mormon Church operated a program where Native American kids would be baptized and placed in Mormon foster homes, thinking it would “lighten” them. It was based on the Mormon belief that Native Americans were originally white until God punished them by making them darker.
1aG9r TIL that in 2002 Snoop Dogg officially announced that he was done with marijuana, however, by 2013 Snoop admitted to smoking around 80 blunts every day.
9XxX TIL that it’s possible to grow edible radishes, peas, rye, and tomatoes from soil that is similar to dirt found on Mars.
PYRkL TIL that Fredrick the Great, tried to introduce the potato to Germany. It failed, so he created a potato farm that had guards to make the potato's seem valuable, but the guards were ordered to "guard" the fields but were purposely bad. This act made the potato a staple in German food.