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TIL: Personal incomes in the US have fallen 10-15% for working age men since the year 2000.

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xkZo TIL: South African prison gangs use HIV infection as punishment, ordering gang members carrying the AIDS virus to rape disobedient inmates in a ritual known as “slow puncture”.
VBnBm TIL Texas produces the most renewable energy in the US
dD8ej TIL in the 70's and 80's, dead acidic lakes were fairly common in the US, Europe and Canada because of acid rain. The acidity in lakes killed all microbes and aquatic life, resulting in crystal clear water that allowed the lake bottom to be visible.
vPbnR TIL Laverie Vallee (née Cooper; July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman. One of her risqué trapeze acts was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison.
vPdkx TIL that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was considered a "class clown" in high school who often performed strange pranks on his classmates. In 1978, he snuck into a yearbook photo for the Honor Society of his school. His face was then blacked out from the image, giving us this photo.