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TIL that in 1930, 9% of all US households had at least one boarder, compared to less than 1% today. If as many households had a boarder today, it would provide enough housing for 10 million people.

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69Lo7 TIL there is a species of jumping spider in Africa which specializes in feeding on blood-filled female mosquitoes.
7reNr TIL Geraldo Rivera was traveling with the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Iraq as a war correspondent for Fox News and ended up drawing a map in the sand during a live broadcast pinpointing his exact location and revealing the time and details of an upcoming military operation
ARmw TIL India is the 2nd most racially intolerant country in the world, with 43.5% of the population claiming they would refuse to live next to someone of a different race.
16b6D TIL that the film Top Gun: Maverick was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention.
rRGvo TIL that English's formal word for "you" was "you", while "thou" was used to express intimacy & familiarity