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TIL that China spends more on internal security than on the military.

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neBP9 TIL that the game craps is called craps because the name derives from the French word crapaud, meaning toad, where players would squat down in the streets like toads
ZlX4 TIL that Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.
pe1b TIL the doctor who claimed there was a link between vaccination’s and autism got his doctoral license revoked.
6EQAl TIL the Confederacy had large support of Native Americans due to mutual distrust of the Federal Government and use of slavery. They mandated native representation and native sovereignty.
kJaN7 TIL that nearly 16,000 COVID cases went unreported in England because Public Health England used a legacy .xls Excel spreadsheet file that can only handle up to 65536 rows to record cases instead of a proper database.