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TIL after hurricane Katrina, 4,500 public school teachers were fired in New Orleans, teacher unions were outlawed, and almost all schools were privatized

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vgW4 TIL food manufacturers make chip bags noisy in order to subconsciously convince you the chips taste good, “research has shown that if people hear the sound of the packaging crumpling while they’re eating the chips they will think the chips are crisper, crunchier, fresher … better”
Zlra TIL that of all the people aged 65+ that have EVER lived, over 50% are alive right now.
nWVeY TIL that the last warlord of China lived until 2001. He fought both Japan and Chinese Communists; he later converted to Christianity and moved to Hawaii, where he died at age 100. Some of his children still live in the U.S. and are now presumably Americans.
R700w TIL that the wood of Lignum Vitae is so hard and dense that the bearings of the drive shaft for the the nuclear powered USS Nautilus are made from it.
oBNRr TIL the PT Cruiser is considered the most unsafe car in recent years, so unsafe that warnings were actually issued about it.