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TIL that according to studies, the average high school student has the same amount of anxiety as a 1950’s child psychiatric patients.

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KY8lw TIL that Douglas Spedden, the subject of a famous photo taken on the Titanic’s deck, survived the sinking, but went on to die at the age of nine during a car crash.
VBWyQ TIL about the Marriage of Charlie Johns and Eunice Winstead - a 22 year old farmer that married a 9 year old girl.
VMY14 TIL in 1561 there was allegedly a mass sighting of glowing shapes and a large triangular object engaged in an aerial battle over Nuremburg, Germany. The objects eventually fell from the sky, crashing into the ground while burning and smoking.
VRNm TIL in July 1984 President Ronald Reagan called ice cream “a nutritious and wholesome food” and established National Ice Cream Month.
mQJY TIL that Chinese dissident and journalist Shi Tao was jailed for over 8 years after Yahoo! China facilitated his arrest by providing his personal details to the Chinese government.