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TIL nearly 7 out of 10 Americans have less than $1000 in savings.

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69mAJ TIL the leader of a militia based out of Washington state moonlighted as a fake drug cartel baron as part of an extortion scam on his followers, sending death threats to them and their families.
nWBno TIL that part of the reason Eli Manning refused to play for the San Diego Chargers is because his father Archie talked to Ryan Leaf's father before the 2004 NFL draft and was told that the Chargers did not help Ryan with his personal problems.
l7OlB TIL that despite remaining neutral during WWII, Switzerland was accidentally bombed over 70 times, most often by the US. After Zurich was accidentally bombed 1945, the American pilots were courtmartialed, and the presiding officer was Col. Jimmy Stewart.
J1pd8 TIL: Species of hermaphroditic flatworms engage in a behavior called "penis fencing," where they use their sharp, dagger-like reproductive organs to duel with each other. The winner is determined by the first stab that inseminates the loser.
ax5A TIL Poon Kim holds the record for surviving adrift in a life raft at 133 days in 1942-43. When told no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he replied, “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”