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TIL the USA has given out almost $4 trillion USD in foreign aid.

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4kBy5 TIL the first African Hindu monk was named after his country - Swami Ghanananda. Guess his country..
GYMRg TIL: Canadian's have never said "Aboot", It's just near impossible for non natives to accurately mock A vowel only canadians (and parts of the US midwest) can pronounce.
b6MV4 TIL actress Georgia Tennant is the daughter of the 5th Doctor Who, Peter Davison, and the wife of 10th Doctor Who, David Tennant.
VBrm0 TIL Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama (the one responsible for choosing the next Dalai Lama), was abducted in 1995 by the Chinese government when he was only 6 years old. He has not been seen or heard from since.
ep5b5 TIL In 1939 John and Judy Lomax travelled the Southern States of America recording folk, religious, ballads, hollers, corridos, dance tunes and work songs performed by regular people and even prisoners