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TIL that Seattle kids have a lower polio vaccination than the African country of Rwanda

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PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.
8aEK8 TIL Homosexual Black Swans form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, then drives the female away after she lays the egg.
jNxJM TIL Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive
xNX0 TIL that male’s testicles hang at different lenghts so they don’t collide with eachother while running or sitting
E1oJw TIL Martin Luther King Jr was uncompromisingly anti-capitalist and that his speeches before being assassinated increasingly focused on the economic and social issues faced by poor Americans