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TIL : The highest STD rates in Florida are in The Villages, an area dedicated to seniors.

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eQl6 TIL That in 2004, police discovered a secret underground cinema with professionally installed electricity, phone lines, full bar, classic movies and recent thrillers, and more in the catacombs under paris. Upon returning 3 days later, a note was found that read “Do not try to find us”
9ggp TIL that President Calvin Coolidge was known as “Silent Cal” for being a man of small words. An example of this is part of a story that says that a matron, seated next to him at a dinner, said to him, “I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you.” He replied, “You lose.”
Wkr9X TIL about the Urechis Unicinctus, known as the fat innkeeper worm or Chinese penis fish.
N7pXN TIL: A study by Microsoft and Canada revealed in 2015 that the average attention span is now 8 seconds, down from 12 seconds in 2000 due to the advent of mobile phones. The attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds.
epKJ TIL the mantis shrimp punches its prey with more force than a .22-caliber bullet.