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TIL that the U.S. Department of Defense spends over $84 million a year on Viagra (and other erectile dysfunction medications).

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kOlJ1 TIL that the 5th oldest known tree on earth was burned down by a Floridian woman who was smoking meth inside it in 2012
wBBM TIL an Italian street dog named Fido who was found injured and nursed back to health by a factory worker still returned to his owner’s bus stop to wait for him every day for 14 years after his owner had died.
9oED TIL that Bob Newhart tried defending country music fans by saying “I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’”
x6vw1 TIL Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig's last sentence was meticulously typed by his wife as she recited the alphabet and he told her when to stop but he didn't finish as he was interrupted and it concerned a "point of all points, which the Lord has truly revealed to me in my sleep"
9wryQ TIL Kennedy half dollar coins have been back in general circulation since 2021.