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TIL Norway's oil fund is worth 1 trillion dollars. But, the country only spends 3% of the fund a year, because they are saving it for the next generation.

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grM7 TIL that the U.S. Government killed over 10,000 people with poisoned alcohol during the Prohibition
yV5pp TIL that “Goodwill Industries, a tax-exempt non-profit that generates more than $5 billion in annual revenue and pays its executives six-figure and seven-figure salaries, pays some of its workers as little as $0.22 per hour. Why? Because they are disabled.”
6gy8 TIL that the Pentagon was designed in a way that makes it possible to go from any one point to another within seven minutes.
pdkA TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins
epBWn TIL the British Empire almost federalized into an Imperial Federation. Proposed as an alternative to colonialism, the idea even had the support of the then-prime minister, but lost its momentum because of the first world war.