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

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OoWX7 TIL more than 1700 people are injured at MLB games from balls and bats. A law from 1913 protects teams from any liability as a result of these incidents
9plB TIL That now the average Canadian is richer than the average American
NXLXe TIL A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head. He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact.
wLaWE TIL that there is a 2013 American independent, surrealist, psychological, horror film called "Escape From Tomorrow" that was largely filmed at Walk Disney World and Disneyland without permission from The Walt Disney Company
wLQJJ TIL: There is a thing as "smoking jacket" which is worn to prevent the tobacco smell from sticking on your clothes.