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

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DQpRP TIL about William Rankin, a pilot who in 1959 parachuted into and survived passing through a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud while it was fully developed, an experience so traumatic that he dubbed it "being in a huge, uncontrollable laundry machine."
mxABo TIL of the Cotard's syndrome in which the affected person holds the delusional belief that they are dead, denies their own existence, the existence of a certain body part, or the existence of a portion of their body.
Wk1y8 TIL that when a bee hive becomes too full, bees will form a "Senate" comprised of older, more experienced bees to seek a new location. When a bee finds a good spot, it begins dancing to motion other bees toward it. Then, they vote on it by dancing as a collective until a consensus is reached.
88oZ TIL that almost 10 years ago, PETA offered $15k to the town of Hamburg to change name to Veggieburg
6E46m TIL in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that film studios can't own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios owned movie theaters to hold exclusive rights of showing their films, angering independent producers including Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin.