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TIL The “Do Nothing Congress” that Truman ran against passed 802 more bills than the current congress.

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lo4Va Only one plant-based “meat” alternative contains all the essential amino acids the body needs, and it’s soy.
MeAx8 TIL Americans work more than any other major countries — 137 hours per year more than Japanese, 260 per year more than the UK, and 500 hours per year more than France.
0jZM TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
G0oJ TIL Anthony Hopkins did a marathon of Breaking Bad and once he finished he wrote Bryan Cranston that his performance of Walter White was the best acting he’s ever seen.
P0kL TIL that gay and bisexual men are only 2% of the U.S. population, but account for 63% of new HIV infections