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TIL: Texas has the highest rate of repeat teen pregnancies in the country.

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rNBA0 TIL that a dog named Pickles helped recover the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy during a walk with his owner, just four months before the 1966 World Cup. Pickles was later invited to join the celebrations when England won the tournament.
mxwpR TIL that Michael Jordan turned down MLB offer from Oakland A's so he could 'do the baseball thing from the ground up'
6EXRw TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners
AD8Ma TIL, blues musician Robert Johnson built a homemade guitar by mounting nails on a building as his first guitar to play music on. It had only three strings, and used a bottle as a bridge.
QLGL TIL: One or more members of a firing squad may be issued a weapon containing a blank cartridge. This is called the “conscience round” and allows each member to believe that they did not personally fire the fatal shot.