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TIL that up to 80% of the USA's cash carries detectable amounts of cocaine

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DLeg TIL 107 million spiders invaded a factory and covered every surface with heavy sheets of web.
By TIL that Saddam Hussein had a daughter named Hala of whom no photographs or records exist, and that her current whereabouts are unknown.
lXmN TIL that during the week of 4 April 1964, the Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles simultaneously. This feat hasn’t been accomplished by any other artist to date, the closest being 50-Cent, who placed three titles simultaneously.
x6BPb TIL at least 90% of human genome is non-functional and commonly referred to as "junk DNA"
LQgZd TIL Nina Simone’s song Mississippi Goddam was written in response to a Baptist church bombing in 1963. This song was used as an anthem for the civil rights movement in a time when music was heavily censored