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TIL with more than 90 percent of southern Europeans under 35 are still living at their parents' home

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8reP TIL in 2014 Congress spent $120 million on tanks even though the Military repeatedly told them they have no use for them. For the second time.
8RvZ TIL that over 50% of all NASA employees are dyslexic. They’re selected for their heightened spacial awareness and problem solving skills.
R7R9w Let’s say you’re doing 100 mph in a car and suddenly a downed tree, stopped the car, or person appears in the road up ahead and you need to slam on the brakes. How much more dangerous is that situation than when you’re doing 70 mph? Your intuition might tell you that 100 mph is only 30% more than 70 mph. But as this video shows, the important factor in stopping a car (or what happens to the car when it collides with something else) does not speed but energy, which increases at the square of speed. In other words, going from 70 mph to 100 mph more than doubles your energy…and going from 55 to 100 more than triples it.
x6A9w TIL USA firms profited by selling contaminated blood to UK
9akQ TIL there’s an Association of Dead People in India, protesting after losing their land to relatives who have corrupt officials declare them dead