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TIL the US Homeownership Rate Is Now the Lowest Since 1989

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o11r TIL Will Smith improvised all the lines in his monologue about his father on Fresh Prince. The emotional ending and the hug was not scripted and he thought the cameras had stopped rolling when he said “How come he don’t want me, man?” His dad had left him as a child.
a8EJM TIL that during the building of the Panama Canal, the United States led one of the largest and most challenging engineering projects ever undertaken, overcoming extreme climate and health challenges to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
BgLKL TIL the first webcam, created in 1991 at the University of Cambridge, was used to monitor a coffee pot in real time so researchers could check if there was fresh coffee without leaving their desks.
694al TIL that UK postal codes are so specific, some codes can translate to individual houses
7rbLX TIL that falling in love costs you, on average, two of your closest friends