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TIL the U.S. Government spends more on Oil Industry Subsidies than the entire budget for NASA.

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mxKNE TIL countries have credit ratings. Obtaining a good sovereign credit rating is usually essential for developing countries that want access to funding in international bond markets.
VM4wD TIL multiple contestants on separate Gordon Ramsay shows ended up committing suicide some time after their individual Ramsay show aired.
BrD7D TIL in 1995 a policy known as “the Wall" was created. It discouraged info sharing between the CIA and FBI, playing a critical role in the inability to stop 9/11. It got so bad agents played a CD with Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" into the phone as they were told their access was denied.
9Y56p TIL US authorities revoked the licences of a funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6ft 7in man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a coffin.
VBEd4 TIL That the song "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band topped the Billboard Charts twice in 1966, knocking out The Surpremes' "You Keep Me Hanging On" and The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" for the #1 spot