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TIL the CIA submitted a report expressing concern that Boomers were a potential threat to western democracy.

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yQl8e TIL Generation labels are made up by the marketing industry. Ad agencies wanted another catch-all term for the new members of their target age group. For example, Generation Y was too hard to brand, it didn’t have the spark of “Millennials”. These labels are not based from science.
1Xdd TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.
78NYX TIL “wandering star” is another name for the planets visible to the naked eye because they “wander” across the sky relative to the fixed backdrop of stars
N7agP TIL: In the 1980's, Catholic priests were dying of AIDS at a rate four to six times higher than the general population despite being celibate.
P1Pke Today I learned the oldest of Nick Cannon's 12 children is 12.