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TIL hitler was born of 4-20

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Lk15P TIL that in the late 1700s and 1800s, there was widespread panic about the evils of book-reading, which was described as “an outrage on decency and common sense”. People were concerned that avid novel-readers were ‘addicted’ and were becoming anti-social.
kOrvW TIL Not many babies are born during the graduate-student years. More than two-thirds of women in a doctoral survey agreed that the ages between 28 and 34 would be the optimal time to have a first child—the very years in which they are struggling to obtain a Ph.D
OR6a TIL Cinco de Mayo is only popular among the Chicanos in the US. In Mexico, it’s not even a national holiday.
4kEaR TIL a fish's ears are located inside its head, right behind each eye
YnLG TIL that when melting glass in space, zero gravity increases the viscosity and you can create glass with chemicals other than silica!! [x-post from r/glassblowing]