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TIL one in five men between the ages of 25 and 34 are living with their parents.

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lopyK TIL that python 3 rounds 16.5 to 16 which is mathematical rounding. This feels quite counterintuitive when you have learned bankers rounding early in school. Bankers rounding is apperently biased towards the bigger number so mathematical rounding makes more sense for greater amounts of data.
e0XkE TIL after listening to Standing Bear (Ponca) lecture in 1879, Helen Hunt Jackson researched the mistreatment of Indians at the Astor Library. She was inspired to write A Century of Dishonor and sent a copy to each member of Congress on her own dime. It was dismissed as sentimental.
ZJRa TIL Having an orgasm a day can add up to 4 years to your life - 700 in a year can add up to 8 years to your life.
peeQ TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert; rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo.
X0Olk TIL The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has 55 works by the famed folk artist Maud Lewis aswell as her entire house.