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Til that young people born to rich families who don’t go to college are 2.5 times more likely to end up in the richest quartile than young people born to poor families who do go college

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0dB1 TIL Ketchup, both the sauce and the word, originated in China.
p8RB4 TIL: of Tennessee politician, Byron Low Tax Looper. In 1998, in order to advance his political career, he legally changed his middle name from "Anthony" to "Low Tax". He also murdered his election opponent and was given a life sentence in prison.
gr8PA TIL that there was a niche of traditional Japanese art that consisted of a series of paintings showing the decomposition of a human body — and it was made for contemplation
VMWLG TIL that the roman salute is unknown in Roman literature and is never mentioned by ancient historians of Rome
PKmL TIL 4.6% (~ 1 out of 22) of New York City residents are millionaires.