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TIL pubic lice are now an endangered species.

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DpBe TIL former Governor Jesse Ventura never met with any lobbyists, and never accepted any money from PACs during his 4 year service as governor of Minnesota.
4Xdo5 TIL Research has shown that happier people prefer to have more time in their lives than more money. Experience beats wealth. Even trying to approach life from that mindset seems to make people more content.
yQy6V TIL that LA libraries started "The Great Read Away" program that allows kids to read books to clear their late fees. In the first six months of the program over 3,500 previously "locked accounts" had been cleared, and now 80% of parents are more likely to let their kids go to the library.
epxVE TIL that in 1987, Kenneth Parks drove 20 kilometres in his sleep before attacking and killing his mother-in-law and injuring his father-in-law. He woke up on the way home and turned himself in. He was later found not guilty.
yQmQ8 Today i learned of the Gwangju Massacre of May 1980 in South Korea, where Gwangju citizens were massacred for wanting democracy, independence, and reunification