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TIL there are currently over 20 countries at war

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neAjr TIL about metal coffins in the 1800’s that had a window so you could see the deceased’s face. Used mainly to deter grave robbers and endorsed by a President.
78ANr TIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acre
8NrP TIL that Cuba offered to send 1600 medics after Katrina, but the United States rebuffed them - while at the same time welcoming international help
d8oJB TIL In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson secretly commissioned an actuarial study that accurately predicted he would die at 64.
9jYQ TIL that the band Rammstein was named after the Ramstein air show disaster, a mid-air collision between 3 stunt planes that killed 70 people and wounded approximately 1,000 people.