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TIL An estimated 92% of U.S. dollar bills contain traces of cocaine

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mxVM TIL it would be cheaper to give homeless people homes than to let them live on the street
deLQ TIL that “pouring out a 40 for my homies” is actually an ancient religious ritual called ‘libation’
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