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TIL the Portuguese-Spanish border has its own name, "The Stripe".

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XEnO8 TIL that US started a major effort to count arrest-related deaths between 2003-2011 employing a specialized team of statisticians with US Bureau of Justice Statistics. The program had to be terminated due to poor participation from the states and lack of funding.
QJ9vk TIL that Bob Barker, who hosted "The Price is Right," trained as a Navy fighter pilot in WW2, but wasn't sent to the fleet in time to fight. He once said: "I was all ready to go, and when the enemy heard that I was headed for the Pacific, they surrendered. That was the end of World War II."
WkxoN TIL the Popsicle Index is a quality of life measurement coined by Catherine Austin Fitts as the percentage of people in a community who believe that a child in their community can safely leave their home, walk to the nearest possible location to buy a popsicle, and walk back home.
5Yb5R TIL in Excel ’95, if you follow a series of complex steps, a window called the “Hall of Tortured Souls” appears. In this reference to Doom, you can roam a 3D, first-person environment and discover a room with the names of Excel ’95’s developers and a low-resolution photo of the team.
neMdY TIL Earwigs care for their young and sometimes eat ass