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TIL that in 2017, a United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States, stated that Alabama had the worst poverty in the entire developed world.

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dDemK TIL that after their invasion of Vietnam, the Ming took Vietnamese captives back to China and among them, Ho Nguyen Trung, a firearms expert would go on to transform Chinese firearm technology and be venerated by the Chinese as the 'God of Firearms'[PDF]
dDx4j TIL about a study that reports the effects of 30 different scents on sexual arousal. It was found that the combined scent of lavender and pumpkin pie produced the greatest increase in penile blood flow.
QmDa TIL El Paso is closer to San Diego (636 mi) than it is to Houston (677 mi).
ADJyn TIL that the Zeppelin company is still alive and still producing airships
v0BK TIL in the alternate ending of The Lion King, Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.