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TIL that there are only three countries in the world that don't use the metric system - Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

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oBOpY TIL Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and it's subsequent failure.
E1NdW TIL that in 1994, the pilot of a commercial airline allowed his 16-year-old son to sit at the plane's controls during a flight. The kid touched something he shouldn't have, inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and caused the plane to crash. Everyone onboard perished.
RpWw TIL that there is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, thats written language is still completely unknown today
loLwA TIL there is a dialysis machine for liver failure
X05Pj TIL that Chris Pettit, a lawyer from San Antonio, may have defrauded clients out of more than $100m by opening trust accounts in their names and transferring settlement funds to his own accounts