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TIL That we are paid to give plasma but not blood, because people will lie about communicable diseases when paid for blood.

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1agMr TIL the Pentagon is the largest office building in the world at 6.5 million square feet.
W9l9 TIL that Benjamin Netanyahu said the 9/11 attacks were beneficial to Israel because it ‘swung American public opinion.’
dGyd TIL when 42-year-old Hugh Hefner asked 18-year-old Barbi Benton on a date she said “I don’t know, I’ve never dated anyone over 24 before.” To which Hefner replied, “That’s all right, neither have I.”
mxYVY TIL that after the War of 1812, America went through the "Era of Good Feelings". During this period America experienced national unity and had only one political party, the Democratic-Republicans.
Wgg4 TIL that in 1999, Australian businessman, Dick Smith created a matchstick brand called ‘DICKHEADS’ as a protest against the foreign ownership of vegemite.