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TIL As Many Americans Have Criminal Records As College Diplomas

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GYErj TIL a statue of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno was unveiled in 2001, alongside a wall with a quote from Paterno- "I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach." It was removed in 2012 following the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
nNAb TIL Archaeologists found the other half of the Mayan calendar in May
YXwx TIL That there are spiders who are social and live in colonies. A single nest was reported to be over 25 feet in length, 6-8 feet wide and 4-5 feet high – perhaps the home to 50,000 spiders.
LQO9v TIL Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are enshrined as deities at a Shinto shrine in Hawaii
Wdpd TIL 1986, a world-class runner dropped out of the middle of a 10,000 meter race and jumped off a bridge. She did not die, but she became quadriplegic. “All of a sudden, I just felt like something snapped inside of me”