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TIL a survey in 2021 found 36% of all Americans- including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children - feel “serious loneliness.” Loneliness has increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic.

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v1Roj TIL After Col. Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers."
WDQB TIL American bisons were hunted with the intention of destroying the food source of the natives.
wXE7 TIL that Florida passed a law requiring toddlers in state-run schools to listen to classical music every day, and in 1998 the governor of Georgia budgeted $105,000 per year to provide every child born in Georgia with a tape or CD of classical music.
XZO8 TIL Squirrels can rotate their ankles 180 degrees, can see peripherally in perfect vision, and greet their nest-mates by nuzzling and ‘kissing’ at the end of the day.
b9RM7 TIL of the Siege of Weinsberg. A surrender allowed the women to leave with whatever they could carry, so the women lifted their husbands onto their shoulders and walked out.