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TIL Americans spend more money on pets yearly than Germany spends on its entire defense budget.

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1r54 TIL on 9/11 the fighters deployed to the flight that later crashed in PA did not have time to be armed, and both pilots were fully prepared to give their lives by ramming their fighters into the hijacked plane.
0d5y5 TIL that On average, a Hippopotamus can run at speeds of around 19–28 miles per hour (30–45 kilometers per hour).
7rY7x TIL Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a concept describing individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.
D1w9r TIL that the Lord of the Rings film trilogy brought the country of New Zealand so much attention, that the government of New Zealand has a "Minister of the Rings", who is responsible for all affairs involving the production of LOTR in New Zealand.
NXGB6 TIL glass is permeable for hydrogen ions, like a sieve