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TIL that it's estimated that a boy born to Samoan parents is 56 times more likely to get into the NFL than any other kid in America.

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kJJ0g TIL Only 8 percent of tariffs on aluminum for cans went to the government. The rest was pocketed by the aluminum manufacturers.
yQlvM TIL HMS Porcupine was blown in half by a German torpedo, the two halves were towed back to the UK and recommissioned as two ships; HMS Pork and HMS Pine
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