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TIL Colonial Britain drained India of $64.82 trillion

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kMMW TIL Switzerland has enough nuclear blast shelters to accommodate 114% of their population
rRQvd TIL During the cremation process of a 500 pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.
OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
WkW8 TIL NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, in case we DO find life on other planets.
kOeom TIL a full suit of medieval armour weighed from 45 to 55 lbs, actually less than a modern infantryman would carry in equipment.