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TIL that the School of the Americas has had more graduates become dictators than any other school in history

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Wv5A TIL the largest building in the world is the Boeing factory in Washington, taking up 98 acres of space . It even has it´s own climate
grWE9 TIL at the turn of the 20th century, baseball umpires were prominent community members chosen from the crowd. They were given easy chairs in the general vicinity of home plate, a fan for hot days, food, and beer.
yVAvp TIL researchers estimate that the United States could harness enough energy from its nuclear waste to power the nation for 100 years.
pL4p TIL in one episode of The Golden Girls, Betty says “What if there’s only one of us left?” Ironically she’s the last surviving Golden Girl and the girls sit in the order of who dies first.
GA7rG TIL: When an electric eel senses prey/ a threat, it sends a signal through its nervous system to the electrocytes. Nerve fibres join each electrocyte on one of its sides. The arrival of a signal causes Na+ ions to flood into the cell. This flow gives rise to a discharge of electricity.