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TIL that America's poorest state (Mississippi) has a higher GDP per capita than UK, France, and Italy

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9YjBM TIL that during the scrapping of the SS Great Eastern in 1890, the body of one of the original builders was found inside the double hull-he had gone missing in 1853.
mxgPE TIL in psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own than acquire that same object when they do not own it.
e0QjD TIL about “key money:” illegal bribes that potential tenants would give a landlord to ensure that they were given priority consideration when looking for an apartment.
K88w TIL after Germany’s openly-gay Foreign Minister called him “Europe’s last dictator”, Belarus’s President responded that it was “better to be a dictator than gay”.
MeRLB TIL that after the American Civil war some 10,000 to 20,000 Confederates fled to Brazil, founding the city of Americana near São Paulo. Today their descendents called "Confederados" have an annual festival marked by Confederate flags, uniforms, hoop skirts, and foods like fried chicken.