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TIL Al-Qaeda attacks financed by $500,000 cost the US more than $500 billion

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5VoOk TIL that there are approximately over 10,000 atomic bombs / nuclear warheads worldwide.
69BLY TIL that only 11 states served Coors in 1975, and wasn’t available in all 50 until 1991
loLnG TIL of a musician named Elizabeth Cotten. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist, who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player. She played it upside down, as she was left-handed. Her signature style became known as "Cotten picking", and she is known today as a pioneer in the folk genre.
pjpb TIL of the steamship Eastland, which, in 1915, capsized while still tied to the dock in Chicago. New safety laws which rushed through Congress after the Titanic sinking mandated so much safety gear installed that the ship was top heavy and rolled over, killing 844 people.
VMbLD TIL The U.S. Print, Paper and Mail Value Chain Account for 7.3 Million Jobs - 4.6% of All Employed Americans! - Midland Paper