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TIL the largest holder(s) of US debt are american citizens, not foreign nations like China

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ne66b TIL that Hole In My Bucket Day is based on a song from the 1700s, where Henry needs to fix his bucket but he never has the materials to repair it.
VMjjk TIL that this painting is based on an actual collection owned by Cardinal Silvio Valentio Gonzaga (1690-1756). He commissioned Giovanni Paolo Panini to commemorate his prized possessions in this painting!
ov5L TIL that an Oregon farmer successfully grew a tomacco plant that gave off fruit for 18 months.
bo9j TIL that Jean Claude Van Damme’s first film role was simply titled “Gay Karate Man”
wXQJ TIL that Christopher Hitchens described the experience of viewing Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’ as similar to “sitting in the dark having a great pot of warm piss emptied very slowly over your head.”