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TIL that taxpayer money is used by the military to pay NFL teams to honor them.

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mnwR TIL 90% of clothes donated to U.S. charities are sold to textile recyclers. 75% of THAT are recycled". 25% are sold on the street markets in Africa at about 500% mark-up. This partly crushes the African textile industries because they can’t make new clothes as cheap as cheap old American clothes.
xVlLk TIL although corned beef was originally produced in Ireland it was mostly consumed by Britain and America as the Irish raising the beef were too poor to afford it.
9wwkG TIL On June 11, 1955, a Mercedes Benz 300SLR crashed into the stands at Le Mans, killing 82 people, including the driver. Another 300SLR just sold at auction for $143M USD.
EeaW TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”
vPmJD TIL Pierre Fauchard was the first to notice a relationship between sugar and tooth decay