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TIL each year about 100 US firefighters are convicted of arson. The issue is so prevalent that the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit both created profiles of an arsonist firefighter.

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ADJEg TIL: That the majority of bees dance to communicate with each other the location of sweet nectar. Yet there is a significant minority of bees that ignore the dance instructions and choose to explore their own paths. These contrarian bees are better at finding food than those that follow the crowd!
WkKXA TIL in the early 1890s one man released 100 European Starlings in New York City, which have grown to 200 million today as an invasive pest. The story goes he wished for all birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works to reside in America.
GYrOj TIL Ernest Hemingway created a hamburger recipe with 10 ingredients including India relish, wine, and a beaten egg
6Eymm TIL the origin of the expression "The whole 9 yards" is unknown. It may have referred to: the length of pieces of fabric/garments, WWII aircraft machine gun belts, Football, OR ritual disembowelment
P1gZJ TIL that stock dilution is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive effect on the ownership percentage of existing shareholders.