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TIL that between 1998 and 2015, the Defense and Housing and Urban Development departments had reported $21 trillion in "unsupported adjustments". That is, $21 trillion missing in tax payer money; They cannot track it, nor do they know what it was spent on. That's 65,000 lost dollars per American.

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GWgN TIL Santa’s Postal code in Canada is “H0 H0 H0”
LBQv TIL that in Alabama, people say “TGFM”, Thank God for Mississippi. It is a reference to the fact that, although Alabama has many problems, it’s neighboring state is worse off.
m10dv TIL Red Bull’s famous slogan “Red Bull gives you wings” was changed to “Red Bull gives you wiiings” after a $13million lawsuit that accused the company of “fraudulent advertising” because the drink did not give people wings or elevated abilities of any kind.
P1ZgL TIL that photosynthesis doesn't recycle CO₂ into oxygen, the oxygen actually comes from water. Plants break down water (H₂O) to consume the hydrogen necessary to make sugar, and release the oxygen. The CO₂ is never broken down, plants just use it as a building block to make larger carbon compounds.
9rNr TIL Mexico is the biggest exporter of beer in the world.