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TIL the US Department of Defense spends approx. $84 million dollars a year on Viagra and similar erectile dysfunction drugs.

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AJld TIL the Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
gMvbb TIL "Bird shit architecture" is a trend in urban planning that originated in the 1950's and persists to the present day. This type of architecture is designed to look good from a plane, but not practical for the actual residents of a city, like Brasilia
X054E TIL Tesla is the most recalled car brand
BgaEK TIL Pan-Am's first Round-the-World flight was unplanned. The flight's return journey via Hawaii was cancelled after Pearl Harbor was attacked, and with the help of Auckland's library system, a route was plotted to return to America via Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Congo, and Brazil.
x6jro TIL Shops often play music with a slower tempo to encourage customers to move more slowly through the store, thus spending more time looking at products and increasing the likelihood of making a purchase.