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TIL More than half of all African-American children live in single-parent homes

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KyOQ TIL of the Little Dodo bird, a smaller relative of the extinct Dodo, which is still alive today, but once again being pushed to the brink of extinction
Y798x TIL about tsukumogami, objects that have acquired a spirit. In Japanese folklore it is believe that when objects reach their 100th birthday they become alive and self-aware.
0PKj TIL there was an attempted coup d'état in Japan the night before they surrendered to allies during WWII, in an attempt to stop the surrender and continue fighting.
0wyML TIL that Henry Rathbone the military officer in attendance next to Abe Lincon the day he was assassinated ended up being admitted to an aslyum after killing his wife and attacking his children.
jvEE TIL that J.J Tomson was awarded a Nobel prize for discovering particle like nature of electron while his son G.P. Thomson is awarded Nobel prize for discovering wave like nature of electron