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TIL that Mike Tyson was arrested 38 times by age 13

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a87jZ TIL that January 6th was not the first insurection attempt against the US
7rlpx TIL that Christmas as we know it (family gatherings, seasonal food & drink, games, festive generosity, even saying Merry Christmas), is largely the result of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Before 1843 Christmas was associated w/ countryside peasant revelry & disconnected from modern city life.
9wrOD TIL that dog fighting is still legal in some countries, such as Russia, Japan, Honduras, and Albania.
7AO7 TIL that in the Middle Ages, rhyming nicknames were becoming common and that is the reason why Bill is short for William(Will), and Dick is short for Richard(Rick)
woYv1 TIL that throughout their lifetimes Americans with college degrees earn around 4x more than people with some college experience, 5x more than people with a high school diploma, and 11x more than people with no high school diploma