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PYgyg TIL 20% of teens in the UK think Winston Churchill is a fictional character
pOYb TIL atop a hill near Columbine HS, memorial crosses were erected for Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold along with those for the people they killed. The father of Daniel Rohrbough (the 2nd student to be killed) cut them down, saying that murderers should not be memorialized in the same place as victims.
rRYRe TIL Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends registered children in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, 1 free book a month ages 0-5...And it is not income based. She didn't have books growing up and wanted to invest her wealth into sharing books with children.
vP8bj TIL the first possible tornado report in the United States occurred in July 1643. The report was recorded by Massachusetts Governor and weather enthusiast John Winthrop, who observed a sudden gust that whipped up dust, lifted his meeting house, and killed a nearby observer with a fallen tree.
Xlxj TIL Learned helplessness is a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.