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

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Bprr TIL a Japanese Consul in WWII saved 6,000 Jews from Hitler by writing them all Visas to Japan even after the government told him not to.
XEQXX TIL Elderly Lion Couple at the Los Angeles Zoo that were soulmates were put to sleep at the same time so neither had to live alone
mY4p TIL that actor Brian Blessed has climbed Everest 3 times, is the oldest man to trek to the North Pole on foot and undertook an expedition to the deep jungles of Venezuela
exKb TIL Hosts of British show Top Gear once tried to drive through Alabama with slogans like ‘Nascar Sucks’ and 'Man-Love rules’ painted to their cars. This offended the locals and they were chased out of town..
Abxg TIL male whiptail lizards have gone extinct, only the females remain, and they have developed the ability to reproduce asexually.