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TIL That the U.S. has control over an island in the Indian Ocean which it got from the British who took it from Mauritius. It has a base on the island is named 'Footprint of Freedom' and the name of its camp is 'Camp Justice' while original inhabitants of the island are displaced from their homeland

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RWgj TIL that it currently costs 2000 lives a year to power Beijing, but only 200 lives a year to give twice the power to New York simply because of clean air laws. If China and America went full nuclear, those stats would drop to 0.6 and 1.2 lives a year respectively.
j6OwQ TIL in 2015, actor Terrence Howard formulated his own theory called 'Terryology' which he claimed proves 1x1=2. He also claims he can kill gravity, remembers the event on the day he was born and does not believe in the number 0
DV0v TIL that Martin Shkreli spread false rumors online and attempted to interfere with FDA drug approval in order to sabotage companies whose stock he was short-selling
lojRV TIL that professional actor John Bradley (who portrayed Samwell Tarley in the TV adaptation of Game Of Thrones) had only graduated from drama school three months before landing his GOT role, which was also his first audition.
D10PJ TIL that Robert Liston amputated a patient's leg so fast that he cut off his assistant's fingers and slashed through a spectator's coat. His patient and assistant died due to infection, and the spectator died due to shock, making this medical operation the only known one with a 300% mortality rate.