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TIL Germany just finished paying off their WWI reparations debt in October 2010

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MKgb TIL: in 1985 Father-In-Law of Howard Schultz sat him down to say “My daughter’s 7 months pregnant and it’s time her husband forgot his hobby and got a real job.” When Howard told his wife she said “No, we’re going to do it.” In 1986 the Schultz’s opened their 1st coffee bar and called it Starbucks
XQBE TIL In 2000 Rage Against the Machine performed a free concert outside the Democratic Convention in protest of the two party system. It was controversially dispersed with rubber bullets and tear gas.
7rZxO TIL 75 percent of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species
Rorj TIL There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America to a depth of 30 centimetres (12 in).
16QWX TIL birds in Australia, known as “fire hawks”, are known to utilize and spread fires in order to flush out prey.