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TIL that 23% of Americans aged 18-34 are living with parents (increase from 15% in 1975).

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QJP7L TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration
rnp1 TIL that dropping a bomb from a balloon is, to this day, a violation of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, although there is no such prohibition for dropping a bomb from an aircraft
XOlQ TIL that while wearing a tuxedo, it is improper to wear a watch.
eJNk TIL In Kurt Cobain’s suicide note, he quoted a Neil Young song saying “It’s better to burn out than fade away”. Neil Young said that “it fucked with me” and he had actually been trying to get in touch with Cobain around when his suicide happened, in order to offer encouragement.
dPd TIL Six states in America have a “State Dinosaur”