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TIL that starting in 2007, the city of New York began paying for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person as long as they had a relative elsewhere agree to take them in.

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69RGw TIL Octopuses have three hearts: two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. They also have a central brain and a large neuron cluster, often called a "mini-brain," in each of their eight arms, allowing for significant independent function of each arm!
yKoJ TIL there is a bare-chested statue of George Washington known as “Enthroned Washington” which depicts him as a Greek God
mj9P TIL that in American films 56% of black characters are portrayed as being physically violent compared to 11% of white characters.
DQKrD TIL females are more likely than males to intervene when they are a bystander to sexual violence
POkG TIL the Nazis were so short on supplies and parts towards the end of the war, they were using landing gear from crashed American bombers for their new planes.