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TIL 2 rats can have 1 million descendants in just 18 months
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TIL that the British Medical Journal does an annual Christmas Issue, where they publish research-quality but satirical articles, like a randomized trial on the effectiveness of parachutes, or investigating the driving behaviors of different physician specialties
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TIL the principal designer of the B-2 stealth bomber was convicted in 2011 of using classified information to assist the People's Republic of China. He was sentenced to 32 years and is at the supermax prison known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies" ADX Florence.
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TIL The U.S. Print, Paper and Mail Value Chain Account for 7.3 Million Jobs - 4.6% of All Employed Americans! - Midland Paper
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Today I learned that the word kindergarten (a German word directly translating to child garden) was coined in the 18th century by Friedrich Fröbel, who laid the foundation for the modern education system. Before then, children under 7 didn't attend school.
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TIL the origin story for centaurs in greek mythology explains they were born because a deformed guy called centaurus(whose father got him by having sex with a cloud nymph faking as hera) had mated with magnesian mares.