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TIL the US Government spends nearly $20,000 per citizen every year

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X0Z6Q TIL that in Chile there is a real town named "Peor es Nada" which translates to “Better than nothing” because the owner saw the place as a "dump" and exclaimed that it's better than nothing.
D1d4J TIL Pig orgasms can last 30 minutes. A 2012 study found that high performance boars have an average ejaculation duration of 6 minutes. One male continuously produced semen for 31 minutes
5VnK9 TIL about Hunger Stones that were embedded into rivers during droughts in Central Europe to mark the water level as a warning to future generations. One stone reads "if you see me, weep".
a10y TIL that Slash didn’t actually purchase his iconic top hat. He shoplifted it from a store. He just put it on his head and walked out.
ADEPx TIL in 1959 Alfred Hitchcock was approached to direct the first James Bond movie. However, he did not want to make another spy thriller right after "North by Northwest", and instead started working on "Psycho".