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TIL the US has a higher percentage of people who have a 4 year college degree compared to any European country

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QNRrd TIL of the RP FLIP, an open ocean research vessel owned by the US Office of Naval Research. It is a one of a kind vessel capable of flipping orientation from horizontal to vertical by filling/emptying an incredibly long water reservoir.
erv6 TIL that in the Siberian wilderness lives a woman named Agafia Laikov, a 70 old woman who is the last survivor of a ultra orthodox sect that fled Stalins prosecution and had no contact with outsiders for 40 years, not hearing about world war2 until the 1980’s
bQo0 TIL from 1908–1940, Sears sold 75,000 homes through their mail-order “Modern Homes” program. There were 447 different housing styles to choose from.
vPb1K TIL professional wrestler Haku is widely considered by many in the industry to be the toughest and greatest legitimate fighter in the industry. In one encounter, a drunk fan called wrestling fake and pushed Haku, who bit his nose off in response
yVLAw TIL in 1861, Abraham Lincoln suspended “the writ of habeas corpus” which gave military authorities the power to arrest and hold Union dissenters without indictment or arraignment.