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TIL The Harvard University acceptance rate is higher than applying to be a NYC sanitation worker.

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4DZo TIL that one reason Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays because the only two accounts of birthday parties in the Bible ended in murder.
YrbP TIL that someone built a Ferrari dragster that has a train supercharger.
ANPy7 TIL Lucy Hester Stanhope (1776-1839), a British adventurer and archaeologist, discovered a 7-foot tall Greco-Roman statue which she then smashed into pieces and tossed into the Mediterranean because she wanted to prove to the Ottoman government that she had no interest in stealing their antiquities.
Al1d TIL that over 90% of fetuses diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome in the UK are terminated.
d886B TIL, The Inventor of the Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Song Has Never Eaten Their Ribs