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TIL Approximately 40% of the United States’ homeless population are war veterans.

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OJv7 TIL charcoal beetles fly into still-burning forest fires to mate and lay eggs because competition and predators will be low. They sense distant fires using infrared armpit sensors.
V478 TIL during the recording of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’, the sound of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar caused the monitor speaker in the control room to catch fire during the solo, causing one engineer to exclaim, “This must be REALLY good.”
4kPa6 TIL that NASA's spacesuits cost over $12 million each, and the agency has fewer than a dozen functional ones remaining.
5YVK8 TIL that on 17th November 1810, Sweden declared war on the United Kingdom. During two years of Anglo-Swedish War, no battles ever took place and not a single person died
R7xk6 TIL of Roar, a 1981 wildlife film infamous for its troubled production. Over 70 cast and crew were injured, 15 lions and tigers escaped, 3 had to be shot, and $3 million worth of sets and equipment were destroyed when a dam collapsed