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TIL that 8 percent of teachers walk away from the profession every year

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4kO4b TIL when Prince Rupert was shot in the head, his commander said "Monsieur, I am most annoyed that you are wounded." to which Rupert responded "And me also" His commander was killed shortly afterwards. Rupert would recover.
Vn0D TIL Tulsa County, Oklahoma is the Meth Capital of the World with 979 contaminated meth labs discovered. In a distant 2nd place is Jefferson County, Missouri with 472 discovered labs.
WkDYB TIL the inventor of plastic bags, Sten Gustaf Thulindid, didn't believe in single-use plastics. he carried a plastic bag in his pocket and used it over and over again.
nW7Wd TIL that the wristwatch was originally worn by women, only becoming accepted as a men's accessory over a century later due to the need for efficient, one-handed timekeeping by pilots and soldiers.
8ZEV TIL: The extent of North Koreas personality cult is such that in 2012 a 14-year-old North Korean schoolgirl drowned while attempting to rescue portraits of the two “supreme leaders” from a flood.