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TIL The State of Wyoming has only 2 escalators
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TIL that between 1998 and 2015, the Defense and Housing and Urban Development departments had reported $21 trillion in "unsupported adjustments". That is, $21 trillion missing in tax payer money; They cannot track it, nor do they know what it was spent on. That's 65,000 lost dollars per American.
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TIL: When asked by London on whether the rumours regarding the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands islands were true, a Telex operator on the island simply said, "We have lots of new friends".
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TIL that in 2013, the state of Nevada was sued for engaging in "Greyhound Therapy," a practice where troublesome mental patients are given one-way tickets to out-of-state destinations in order to free up bed space.
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TIL of and experienced “hells itch” which sometimes accompanies a sunburn and only affects 5-10% of individuals. It usually lasts 24-48 hours and has been said to be worse than childbirth and has driven people to suicide.
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TIL: William Bailey was a Harvard dropout turned salesman who promoted using radioactive radium as a cure-all. He claimed it can cure mental illness, diabetes, flus, etc. He became wealthy. He died of cancer and when his body was exhumed, it was found to be "ravaged by radiation".