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TIL the average high schooler has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in the early 1950s

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DQovg TIL Johnny Cash was born J.R. Cash, as his parents compromised on his name. His mom wanted John, his dad wanted Ray. When he joined the Air Force, they wouldn't let him use just initials, so he adopted the name John R. Cash. He used "Johnny Cash" after being signed to Sun Records.
ADvxd TIL Panko is made from bread baked by electrical current, which yields a bread without a crust. The unique method developed during World War II out of a necessity to cook bread without access to an oven
rNGRo TIL that Hawaii is not part of the “Ring of Fire”.
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