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TIL: 2/3 of US population is one paycheck away from homelessness

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Jypk TIL Canada and US border doesn’t touch - there is a 20ft gap running all 5500 miles.
rRQme TIL the neck rings don't really stretch the neck, they push the shoulders and clavicles down to create the illusion of a longer neck, and removing them incorrectly may cause death because the neck muscles weaken so much they can't support the head on their own.
W7LXY TIL Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a compound word that means "Atoning for being educable through delicate beauty."
kORAd TIL notorious gangster Al Capone had the mental age of a 12 year old at the time of his death and the years prior to his death, despite being 48 years old. This was caused by mental illness due to untreated neurosyphilis.
46gw TIL that there has always been exactly 425 licensed gondoliers in Venice, and up until 2010 not a single one was a woman.