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TIL the CDC has recommended later start times for schools because 66% of teens have chronic sleep deprivation.

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D100J TIL: Sucking a King's nipples was an ancient Irish form of submission. Cutting off a royal descendant's nipples made him ineligible for kingship.
dl5E TIL one of Frank Abagnale’s (Catch Me If You Can) first cons was to buy a security guard costume, and place a sign over a bank drop box saying “Out of Service, Place deposits with security guard on duty”. He later stated he was shocked it worked, commenting “How can a drop box be out of service?”.
rley TIL Ashton Kutcher once almost committed suicide by jumping off a hospital roof so his dying brother could have his heart.
4X6do TIL of a colony of ants with no queen, no males and no offspring, comprised entirely of non-reproductive females, that live in a disused nuclear bunker in Poland. The colony is supplemented by ants falling through holes in the ventilation which cannot escape.
awpVA TIL that a Kuwaiti woman wanted to take revenge on her husband for taking a second wife, so she poured petrol on the tent where women and children were celebrating in the wedding, killing 57 and injuring 90 others.