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TIL that Americans spend on lottery more than they spend on books, video games, sports tickets, movies and music - combined.

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QJpBM TIL that the smallest insect is smaller than the biggest bacteria.
kOJbW TIL: When FDR died, Eleanor Roosevelt told Harry Truman that the president was dead. When he asked there was anything he could do for her, she replied, “Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.”
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