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TIL-James Coleman was a pioneer of Social Research his report to President Johnson predicted that education spending was not a predictor of success. It’s was the home environment that was the key factor

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4Bvw TIL Fritz Joubert Duquesne lost his family and farm in the Anglo-Boer War, became a German Spy and Traveled the world under different identities till finally he had his revenge on the British Field Marshal that gave the order.
p0pO TIL that due to the country’s ultra low fertility rate, South Koreans are projected to go extinct by the year 2750.
9wrgr Today I Learned How Vinegar is Made
yQ9Pp TIL the Dutch were at war with the Sicily isles for over 300 years, from 1651-1985 because people forgot that the war was never ended
4dXR TIL that in 1989, a group calling itself “The Breeders” deliberately caused a medfly infestation in California, devastating crops and causing millions in damage. No suspects were ever identified.