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TIL that not a single pizza was ordered in the United States from Domino’s for 5 minutes while the O.J Simpson verdict was read.

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Yp7jW TIL serial killer Ed Kemper requested "death by torture" as punishment for his crimes at his trial.
9wQM7 TIL the F-22 Raptor has a Radar Cross-Section (RCS) similar to a swarm of 10 to 50 insects
oRgK8 TIL that George Washington died with a net worth of $594.2 million in today’s money, and drew a presidential salary of $25,000 (~$900k today) which was around 2% of the government’s budget at the time.
GYn04 TIL In 1980 Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser was awoken to a report of 2,200 incoming Soviet missiles... it was a false alarm due to the malfunction of a 46 cent chip.
dDaLZ TIL US prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year