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TIL 1/3 of LBGT Youth have attempted suicide, that 4 out 5 students in public schools do not have a supportive adult, 65% of LBGT students do not feel safe at school, 41% reported violence from peers, family or strangers, and 26% of LBGT youth that come out are told are kicked out of their homes…

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v1G6L TIL Saint Patrick's color was blue, not green. St. Patrick's blue, can be seen on ancient Irish flags & was used on armbands & flags by the Irish Citizen Army up until the 1798 Irish Rebellion. This is when the clover & the color green taken from Irelands lush fields became symbol's for Ireland.
WkG78 TIL there is no English word for a group of Snow Leopards, because it is so rare to see more than one at once.
X7pP TIL the name of the TIME magazine actually stands for “The International Magazine of Events”
WQQd TIL several species of animals have never been proven by scientists to actually die of old age. It is believed that these animals may be immortal or may age so slowly that humans cannot detect the process. The phenomenon is called “negligible senescence”
56mQ TIL in 1963, a Turkish man knocked down a wall in his basement, revealing a secret room which led to an underground tunnel that took him to the ancient city of Derinkuyu