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TIL Amazon and Congo were likely one river before Africa and S.America drifted apart.

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rpno TIL The Boston Miracle resulted in a 79% drop in youth homicides in the 1990s after juvenile handgun homicides more than tripled from 22 victims in 1987 to 73 victims in 1990. A young youth pastor, Rev. Jeffrey Brown, simply went into the streets and listened to gang members problems.
gkoy TIL that, following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland, the British home secretary, Reginald Maudling, told the House of Commons that British paratroopers had killed 13 civilians in self-defense. Bernadette McAliskey, a Northern Irish MP, walked across the floor and slapped his face.
rRYKW TIL that David Bowie's real name was Davy Jones, which he changed due to the success of The Monkees. His next name was Tom Jones, which had to be changed again.
l7OE7 TIL that if you plant an apple seed, there’s only a 1/80,000 chance the tree it becomes will produce the same kind of apple you took it from - much less even produce apples desirable for eating.
5YwoB TIL Greg Ham, the flautist and founding member of the band Men at Work, died of an overdose following a bout of depression sustained from losing a plagiarism lawsuit from copyright trolls. His crime: using part of the children's nursery rhyme "Kookaburra" on his solo in the song "Down Under"