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TIL US is 5% of world’s population but consumes 75% of the worlds prescription drugs.

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OGAj6 TIL After Nazi Germany's failure to take Moscow in 1942 some members of German leadership considered the war unwinnable and wanted a political end to the war. Albert Speer created propaganda about massive increases in military production that convinced people the war was still winnable.
oRwML TIL German chocolate cake was invented in Texas
p8dXN TIL that the Bramley apple, a widespread cooking apple, and all of its trees originated from a single tree that was planted by accident 200 years ago. That tree is still alive today
aw0VN TIL the USSR changed to a six day week to force Christians to work on Sunday and made Christmas a national day of work
1aya4 TIL: South America, despite its position in relation to the Equator, is rarely affected by tropical cyclones (aka Hurricanes, Typhoons)