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TIL in 1940 only about a quarter of Americans who were 25 or older had completed high school education.

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p8Pvb TIL that Michigan has a reservoir that works as a giant battery. It pumps up water from Lake Michigan at night using off peak power. When there is high electrical demand the water is released to produce hydroelectric power.
VM80Q TIL showers were invented as a deliberately unpleasant treatment to cure the insane
awLmJ TIL when Adolf Hitler took power in the 1930s, he owed back taxes totaling 405,494 Reichsmarks (over USD $2 million today). He never paid.
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