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

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vPl9B TIL , The Legendary Last Stand at Rezang La(1962) At 18,000 Feet, 120 Indian Soldiers Fought to the Last Bullet, Killing 1,400 of the 5,000 Chinese Troops in the process. Despite having outdated WW era guns.
nWkgb TIL that in 1977 the city of Florence, Oregon accidentally banned having sex.
grLa7 TIL A 15th-century chapel, said to have been visited by Joan of Arc, is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The chapel was relocated from France to Long Island in 1927. Then in 1966, the chapel was moved to the campus of Marquette University where it remains today.
Jawj TIL After Rat-Packer Sammy Davis Jr died in 1990, his Widow soon discovered that he was nearly broke and owed back taxes. She then had his body exhumed to strip him of the $70,000 worth of jewelry he had been buried with.
Y7VeZ TIL about Farm herd Casper, who faced off 11 coyotes and killed 8 of them. He was missing for two days right after which they believed he was tracking the remaining coyotes and finishing the job. His vet sad was lucky to be alive and his owner said he will have him retire from herding.