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TIL- 62% of Americans have less than 1000 dollars in their savings account.

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R7QRl TIL that puffins can use sticks to scratch their itches. This is the first evidence that seabirds can use tools.
7y5P TIL That Mormons have a worldwide disaster preparedness network with tons of stored food, a supply distribution chain, and backup communications network. When there is no emergency, they give the food away.
aW40 TIL that Jimmy Carter signed the bill that made homebrewing legal in 1978. (It took effect in 1979)
4Xv4N TIL scientists searching for an explanation for an unusually cool area of sky instead discovered a 'supervoid'; an empty spherical blob 1.8 billion light years across that is the largest object in the known universe. An estimated 10,000 galaxies were “missing” from the part of the sky it sits in.
VrOm TIL that the US Pentagon will fund Hollywood movies that portray the military in a positive light.