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TIL 40% of Americans never move from their hometown.
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TIL that over a period of 200 years, 3 ships perished at the same location of the coast of Wales, on the same day (December 5th) and all 3 had only one survivor. The 3 survivors all had the same name: Hugh Williams
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TIL During the 2021 ice storm in Texas an off-duty paramedic's FJ Cruiser was crushed by a semi truck in a pileup on I-35. The paramedic survived the hit, climbed out of his crushed vehicle, and began applying aid to others in the crash.
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TIL after instigating one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars that killed 1 out of every 17 Liberians, Charles Taylor ran for President under the slogan "He killed my Ma, he killed my Pa, but I will vote for him." He won in a landslide.
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TIL that because of pronunciation errors the English language became what it is today; wasp used to be waps; bird used to be brid; empty used to be emty
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TIL In WW2 the Nazi’s had engineered a “looting system” and created an organization specifically to steal valuables from occupied nations.