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TIL the US dollar has inflated almost 100% since 1990

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N7kx1 TIL if every person in the world lived like the average American, we would need 4 Earths in order to be able to have enough resources to sustain such living standards
kJ4re TIL a volcanic eruption in 1783 in Iceland led to famine across Europe which may have spurred the French Revolution and modern democracy.
jBPn TIL From 1800 to 1929, Americans lived through 23 recessions and four depressions, or one every 4.8 years.
wLMGE TIL Lenny McLean, who played “Barry the Baptist” in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, was diagnosed with lung cancer while filming and died shortly before the movie’s release (age 49). In response Guy Ritchie had billboards changed to feature McLean and dedicated the film to him.
WaZA TIL that parades are a means of political combat in Northern Ireland. Unionists and nationalists hold hundreds of competing parades that may cause violence if they enter territory belonging to “the other side”. The government often bans/reroutes parades to avoid problems.