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TIL there is a relationship between pedophilia and lower IQ

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1aM4d TIL that there are only 6 African-American billionaires, with a third of them being hip-hop artists (Jay-Z and Kanye West)
BrGKr TIL that before enlisting in the navy, John F. Kennedy had a brief stint at Stanford business school before dropping out, commenting that he “had become very fond of Stanford. Everyone is friendly—the gals are quite attractive—and it’s a very good life.”
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