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TIL that the United States consumes over 90% of the world’s stimulant drugs, and that there has been a 700% increase in the use of these drugs since 1990.

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6PPl TIL The US government is building a center to record all online information and communication on earth. It can house all the data on earth ~40 times over and is on the scale of yottabytes. 1 yottabyte=1 trillion terabytes. It is scheduled to be completed Sep. 2013
NGeN TIL that the Iranian government can, and will, sentence its citizens to the death penalty if they decide to change their religion from Islam
OGnyg TIL Mike Tyson has tattoos of Mao Zedong and Che Guevara
j6AlM TIL that Zarqāʾ al-Yamāma, who was known for her blue eyes and sharp eyesight in pre-islamic Arabia and Hind Bint al-Nu`man, the Christian daughter of the last Lakhmid king of Hira were the first known Lesbian couple in Arabia.
Lapd TIL that Judd Apatow watched the movie “True Romance” and had the idea of Floyd, the beloved stoner character played by Brad Pitt, finally leaving the apartment and getting chased by bad guys. That idea ended up becoming “Pineapple Express”.