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TIL British troops used over 72 million amphetamine tablets during WWII

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e0DED TIL Michael Jackson had a friend who owned a mall close the entire thing down and populate it with people he knew to act as regular shoppers so the pop star could go shopping without being swarmed by fans.
vPPm8 TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.
omGR TIL you can set your Google accounts to self destruct after you die.
WkZLN TIL that Colorado does not have only 4 sides, but rather has 697 sides
4X5VN TIL: "Lunch atop a skyscraper" - one of Americas most iconic photos taken in 1932 was staged as part of photo-shoot to promote the opening of the Rockefeller centre in New York. This is just one of several photos featuring real steel workers taken as part of the same photo-shoot.