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

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Q9j6 TIL when Casey Anthony’s computer was investigated by “computer experts”, they found 17 vague searches on Internet Explorer suggesting she killed someone, which wasn’t enough to be found guilty. Later they discovered Casey used Firefox, overlooking 1,200 searches including “fool-proof suffocation”
BrRPr TIL AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson went to record a a jingle for the Hoover Vaccum Company. Having completed the greatest vaccum jingle of all time, he then walked across the street to Vanilla records and auditioned for AC/DC.
7ryvZ TIL the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles was so profitable that profits continue to help fund youth sports as recently as in the 2010s
KOp9w TIL that lobsters were once only fed to poor people and prisoners
yQywv TIL about Dean Karnazes, a man who can run without ever getting tired due to his exponentially high lactate threshold. He was able to run a Marathon in the south pole at -25C and run for three consecutive nights before having to stop for sleep.