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TIL 30% of colleges have rejected applicants based on their social media accounts.

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4Xoyb TIL about the Nigerian Civil War, where the US, UK, and the Soviet Union were supporting the same side during the cold war, while China, France, and West Germany were supporting the other side
4XQyR TIL The only clear footage of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center on 9/11 was filmed by french filmmakers who were making a documentary on a Manhattan firehouse.
RNXa TIL the Navajo Native Americans called Hitler “he who smells his mustache”
vZ0D TIL the cyclopes of ancient mythology may just be misidentified dwarf elephants
AJ6n TIL Kent made the film The Babadook with the intent of addressing the fear of going mad during motherhood, “Now, I’m not saying we all want to go and kill our kids, but a lot of women struggle. And it is a very taboo subject, to say that motherhood is anything but a perfect experience for women.”