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TIL that lawyers and attorneys are different; lawyers study law whereas attorneys practice it.

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nbMY TIL the US Capitol has a 116-year-old private subway for the exclusive use of congressmen and their staff
R7Kow TIL that Finns weren’t originally considered “white” in the United States, they were linked to Mongols and called “China Swedes” due to not speaking an Indo-European Language
E1Mex TIL that YouTube creators Josh Pieters and Archie Manners trucked Carole Baskin into giving them her first interview since Tiger King.
v19mj TIL that 'nose art', or the practice of painting pin-ups or cartoons on the front of war planes, died out in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan called for a moratorium on the practice. It's been quietly making a comeback in recent years, albeit now strictly controlled.
697jJ TIL Fifty-seven percent of Afghan women marry before 16 years of age, 29% are forced into marriage to settle tribal conflicts, 84% are illiterate, and the average woman gives birth to eight children. Afghan women also have the highest prevalence of self-immolation in the world.