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TIL that in the US, Medical Divorce Is a Grim Reality for Couples With Expensive Illnesses

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QV0d TIL that when you’re looking at the Sagittarius constellation you’re actually looking into the center of our galaxy.
wj16 TIL that During World War II in the pacific, approaching soldiers in Allied uniforms were ordered to shout lollapalooza back to the ones manning the checkpoint — if they pronounced the L’s as R’s, as Japanese soldiers were likely to do, they could be identified as spies.
JYDGv TIL New Mexico is not named after Mexico. It was named Nuevo México after the Aztec Valley of Mexico by Spanish settlers, more than 250 years before the establishment and naming of the present-day country of Mexico.
lnAN TIL scientists spent 3 days filling an ant colony with 10 tons of cement then spending weeks digging it out to reveal the amazingly complex designed network
VM7rZ TIL there is a tower made out of skulls in Serbia