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TIL that perfect pitch is more common among music students who speak tonal languages such as Chinese dialects and Vietnamese, than it is among English speakers.

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OJN6 TIL in 2009, Colorado initiated its Family Planning Initiative to provide low-to-no cost birth control to 68 family clinics around the state. Between 2009 and 2013, the state’s teen birth rate dropped by 40%.
ANRRd TIL the term "woke" in it's modern context, referring to being "awake" or aware of social injustices, especially racism, dates back to the 1930s and was recorded notably in the 1938 song “Scottsboro Boys” by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly).
NXxRE TiL bees like to 'play' with balls. A study shows bumble bees went out of their way to roll wooden balls repeatedly despite no apparent incentive. Younger bees rolled more balls than older bees and male bees rolled them for longer than female bees.
BgYd TIL that the Seinfeld episode where Jerry refuses to race by cryptically telling people “I choose not to run” is a play on Calvin Coolidge, who said nearly the same thing when he decided not to run for re-election in 1928.
KPkQ TIL Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, survived his execution day because the King who wanted him executed died that day