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TIL that at the outbreak of WWI, the Boy Scouts of America was the largest uniformed body in America. It was twice as large as the Army and 4x as large as the Navy.

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Gky5 TIL North Korea has an estimated $6 TRILLION worth in mineral and rare Earth metal reserves, but cannot be mined because NK lacks the technology to do so.
0dey5 TIL after tigers escaped from a zoo in Georgia and killed a man, advice was issued on what to do if you meet a tiger, including: don’t approach it, don’t run away, and don’t urinate
xn6w TIL that goldfish can live beyond 20 years if you take good care of them. The oldest goldfish on record was 43 years.
epMan TIL Conjoined triplets are among the rarest of human malformations, as are asymmetric or parasitic conjoined twins. In addition to some historical descriptions, only three attested clinical cases of symmetric conjoined triplets have been published to date.
jN9Jv TIL that "Budweiser" in German means "of Budweis", however American Budweiser is unrelated to the Budweiser made in Budweis for hundreds of years