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TIL in the US the death penalty is, on average, 10x more expensive to taxpayers than life imprisonment.

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X0n8j TIL there's a declassified CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual
kVJ5 TIL Tug of War was once an Olympic sport
x6Koo TIL of "Soundies" which were 3-minute musical films played on a jukebox in the 1940s and were considered a precursor to music videos. Over 1,800 of these mini-films were made but declined due to wartime material restrictions.
E1j6V TIL the fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test
xV0DB TIL 92% of global water consumption is used in agriculture.