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TIL that the US government wasted $247 billion dollars in 2022 alone ($2.4 trillion in the past 20 years) simply due to payment errors.

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KOOy6 TIL In 2016, a 10-year-old Finnish boy was given $10,000 by Facebook for finding an Instagram bug that allowed him to delete other user's comments.
oBWb8 TIL Soaking beans helps eliminate gas-producing compounds. This can alleviate bloating and flatulence, common side effects of consuming beans. Lentils lack sulfur so there is no need to soak them before cooking
XEEp6 TIL that Berlin Jew Stella Kubler outed between 600 and 3,000 other Berlin Jews during WWII and thus sent them to their deaths. After the war, she converted to Christianity, immigrated to Canada, and ended up committing suicide in 1994.
R55j1 TIL the US has a population density of only 34 people per square kilometer. By comparison the Netherlands has a density of 457 per km and Bangladesh is at 1087 per km. If the US had the same density as Bangladesh there would be a staggering 10.5 Billion Americans.
RY7Q TIL Honeybees in France were feeding off discarded colored M&M shells, turning their honey to shades of green and blue.