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TIL The United States owes Canada 353.8 billion dollars

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QgoL TIL that Moammar Gadhafi had an odd obsession with Condoleeza Rice, once gaving her a videotape of her meetings with various leaders, set to specially composed music entitled “Black Flower in the White House”. She said later that “It was weird, but at least it wasn’t raunchy”.
naL7 TIL Daylight Savings Time was originally started to conserve energy, but has since become obsolete.
W7yP9 TIL Australian military ration packs include a tube of Vegemite.
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