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TIL that since 2000, the teen pregnancy rate in the US has declined in every racial group

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8a988 TIL that Kyoto was actually at the top of the list of targets for the atomic bomb, not Nagasaki nor Hiroshima. Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered for the ancient city with its thousands of palaces, temples, and shrines to be removed from the list, but the military kept on putting it back.
97n6 TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
ONa4 TIL Hugh Jackman gets bodybilding advice from The Rock, and The Rock refers to Jackman as ‘Wolverine.’
6ERAX TIL Philippine-based inventors have created a portable salt-powered lamp which gives 8 hrs of light per 1 cup of seawater & can also power cell phones. It uses science that's the basis of battery-making but with no flammable parts & works 8 hrs/day for 6 months with no parts replacement needed.
MQaB TIL Jimmy “The Rent is Too Damn High” McMillan climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and refused to come down from it unless television stations broadcasted his message.