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TIL Greyhound offers their Home Free Program w/ Bus Ticket for Runaway, Homeless & Exploited Youth for Free to get to a parent, legal guardian or alternative safe living arrangement.

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v1akx TIL of Sir Jack Brabham who finished the 1959 Formula One race on foot when his car ran out of fuel with 500 yards to go. He pushed the car the rest of the way to clinch the title.
R7vj6 TIL of a suicidal man who went to a bridge to kill himself, changed his mind, then decided to push a stranger to his death instead.
R7OG8 TIL Monarch Butterflies are nearly extinct in the US - their population has declined +80% in the last two decades. AND MILKWEED is the ONLY host plant for baby Monarch caterpillars. Plant it!
WkJa4 TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government was worried Japan would invade Hawaii and seize all the U.S. currency there. As a precaution, the U.S. burned $200 million in cash circulating on the islands, and replaced them with freshly printed bills with “Hawaii” stamped on them.
oB8O7 TIL that Frank Sinatra's father owned a speakeasy named M.O.B. Association. Rumor has it that it was associated with the mob.