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TIL it is less expensive to adopt a black baby in the US because they are “less desirable”

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BgXNx TIL that it takes 2 days for an F-35 pilot to get fitted for their helmet.
eOv6 TIL: Even with the bare minimum of driver training on its use, the British roundabout has been proven to be at least 20% more efficient at moving traffic through an intersection than any other design
xJRo TIL police in west Germany located a man who had a warrant for unpaid fines. They confronted him just as his slot machine struck a jackpot, and he avoided jail time by paying his fine on the spot.
epAvk TIL space stations smell like “combinations of antiseptic, garbage, and body odor.”
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