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TIL that Nebraska's state slogan is "Honestly, it's not for everyone"

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Q8pa TIL the government in Azerbaijan decided to spend close to 1 billion dollars on a song contest instead of giving their citizens clean water.
9wvDB TIL of the single tax movement (aka geoism or georgism), an economic ideology where that the government should be funded by a tax on land rent rather than taxes on labor
PYxdJ TIL Ocho de Plata, the Spanish Dollar, was the first legal tender in the United States until the Coinage Act of 1857. In fact, equity shares were still quoted in eighths of a dollar until 2001; this was a legacy from the coin’s divisibility by 8, since each Spanish Dollar was worth 8 reales.
GAVVj TIL about a Major League Baseball trading clause, a "player to be named later." Thanks to its ambiguous nature, four MLB players have actually been traded for themselves.
yQK7a TIL Brain activity appears to continue for around 10 minutes after people are dead, especially in the part that controls the memory.