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TIL Afghanistan has cost the U.S. more than the Marshall Plan

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R7vm8 TIL the band The Band was formed in Canada and made up of mostly Canadians
Y70LP TIL the British House of Lords is the only upper house of any bicameral parliament in the world that is larger than its lower house.
VWKZ TIL in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.
vPKyR TIL about Ghost Bikes, bicycles painted all white, are used as memorial markers of where cyclist fatalities occur
KRj4 TIL Henry Ford didn’t decide to pay his workers $5 per day so they could afford his cars, but to combat massive turnover: In 1913, he hired 52,000 workers and kept 14,000