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TIL That over 90 percent of Hong Kong’s total food supply is imported.

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emm5 TIL that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 - 3 months of having it surgically shortened.
VBgN8 TIL that the writer of “Jingle Bells” fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War even though he was from Massachusetts and his father was a chaplain in the Union army.
KPaa TIL: Augustus Caesar was rich enough that he could pay off every single student loan in the US, Pay off all credit card debt for every citizen in the US, All debt held by US states to the federal government, Pay of the debt of the lowest owing 120* countries and still be the richest man alive today
1rGV TIL all 32,000 initial deals in the Windows 3.1 version of FreeCell are winnable except for one: Game #11982
NXM51 TIL It has been 42 years and 30 days since Jimmy Carter left office. It’s is the longest post-presidency of any U.S. President. He was 52 when elected and served one term.