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TIL Before cars in New York City there were 15000 abandoned horse carcasses removed a year and 3-4 million pounds of horse crap on the streets every day.

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K7YR TIL that according to surveys, Americans are becoming more pessimistic about the American Dream, focusing more on holding on to what they have than moving upwards
WJBY TIL that Kim Jong-un has a degree in physics.
MMgK TIL that 20 years ago when Zach Galifianakis learned a woman at his laundromat was homeless, he began paying her rent. He still does, and is sure to meet up for the occasional lunch. She will be his date to ‘Hangover Part III’ premiere.
RD1l TIL the Nazis hated being called the Nazis. It was a derogatory term for a backwards peasant – being a shortened version of Ignatius, a common name in Bavaria, the area from which the Nazis emerged.
xVZL7 TIL that Camus could have been a professional goalkeeper, but he got diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to switch career, also his Mom was deaf