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TIL According to the CIA, Income Inequality in the United States is worse than Russia, Kenya, the Philippines, and even India

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JYKWl TIL there is good evidence that Prohibition of alcohol in the USA was effective. A 2003 study found that liver cirrhosis deaths dropped by 10 to 20 percent.
67ol TIL that tinfoil hats not only don’t block radio waves, but have actually been shown to amplify them.
Gvy4 TIL the Game Boy was only discontinued in 2003.
rN9Ad TIL That a Wurlitzer organ takes up six rooms
4Kja TIL that the same parasympathetic system that commands your colon to go to the bathroom, is also the same system that controls your tears. Sometimes, these signals get crossed which is why some people cry when they poop.