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TIL that in 2022 there were over 151M valid US passports, up from 7.26M in 1989. Wyoming had the fewest applications in 2022 with 22k. People can apply for a book or card so may have two.

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nr5d TIL that during WWII, a German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway, and the crew met and then helped each other survive. Two of them then visited each other several years after the war was over as friends.
Rx1l TIL that two-thirds of all $100 bills are circulated outside of the United States.
mxEkx TIL of Steve Flaig who was adopted as a child. At age 18 he decided to look for his birth mother. Four years later he succeeded and discovered that they were colleagues working in the same store
1aP7W TIL the definition of "treasure" according to the U.K. government is that it's at least 10% gold or silver and at least 300 years old. When treasure is found, the finder does not own it, and it is illegal to try to sell it.
45Wb TIL the gender of crocodiles is determined not by genetics, but by the temperature in which the eggs are kept in during the incubation period.