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TIL that Twitter's bird logo is named Larry after Larry Bird.

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DQY8D TIL about the SS Île de France, the last civilian ship to leave France before the outbreak of WWII. It successfully transported 1,777 passengers fleeing from France to New York; while crossing the Atlantic, 16 other vessels were sunk by torpedoes, mines, or gunfire.
Z86ZR TIL that the commonly cited “unemployment rate” does not include adults who are unable to work or who have given up on finding a job. Accounting for these, 47.2% of the US population is unemployed.
xV4mB TIL that mules can't reproduce because they're the sterile offspring of a horse and a donkey
7rWkZ TIL that a 17-year-old girl who hired two teens to murder her parents appealed her convictions on the grounds of being a minor interviewed by police without parental consent
Z8nko TIL some ppl pretend to go along with scammers, leading them on and taking up their time and resources which keeps them from targeting actual potential victims. If everyone did that they would soon be out of business