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TIL 50% of all nail salons in the USA are owned & operated by Vietnamese immigrants and their descendents.

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mxWDx TIL Between 2006 and 2007 Poland’s prime minister and president were identical twin brothers, making them the first brothers in history to hold a country’s prime ministership and presidency at the same time.
JYVDB TIL Washington DC isn't in a state
QM9L TIL A 1.91TB file is available for download that contains PI to 5 trillion decimal places
dBMj TIL a 16 year old Russian boy won a month to live with a porn star after being the 100,000th visitor to an online video game store.
16nnP TIL a study showed evidence that postmenopausal orcas protect their sons from fighting other orcas, while similar behavior was not observed towards their daughters. Analysis of nearly 7K pics taken over almost 50 yrs, concluded the effect of fewer socially inflicted scars only existed on their sons.