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TIL in 1976, 9-1-1 was serving only 17% of the population in the United States. By 1987, 50% of the US population had access to 9-1-1 emergency services. Today, 7% still do not have 9-1-1.

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4XBWR TIL that for 6 years after her death, the brothers of Joan of Arc passed off an imposter as their sister, claiming that she’d escaped death. They received lavish gifts and travelled from one festive reception to the next, until finally admitting their deception to the King of France.
8avG TIL the pope drinks 4 cans of Fanta per day.
D1REv TIL that in 1823 Martin Van Buren's vice president proposed in the US Senate that the government fund an expedition to the center of the Earth. His "pet project" was soundly defeated, garnering 25 votes total.
X01pX TIL that the word ‘sandwich’ came from a lazy dude (the earl of sandwich) who didn’t want to leave the gaming table so just ate sandwiches- cold meat between 2 bits of bread
ne9lG TIL that during the Battle of the Wabash in 1791, a force of Native Americans wiped out approximately one quarter of the entire United States Army.