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TIL At 40, women's chance of conceiving a child with Down syndrome is one in 100; at 45 it's one in 30.

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m1YEo TIL the Green Bay Packers are owned by a publicly held non-profit, the only NFL team of which this is the case
rRb8e TIL Robert Johnson was so good with his guitar that some believe he sold his soul to devil for his talent
R7erw TIL that because of the Jay Treaty of 1794, "Indians" born in Canada have full rights to enter, work, attend college, and access public benefits in the U.S. exactly as if they were citizens. U.S. "Indians" have very limited access in the other direction.
M7DKW TIL the portable vintage Sharp VZ-V20R boombox, which weighs 29.8 lbs. without batteries, has the capability to play vinyl records vertically and play both sides of a record without the need to flip it to the other side. It also has an extended FM radio range of 76 Mhz to 108 Mhz and a cassette deck
O9W1 TIL: In 1976, Eric Clapton made a speech at a concert encouraging the British audience to vote for Enoch Powell, saying that Britain needed to “get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out”, and repeatedly shouting “Keep Britain White”. In response, Rock Against Racism was formed.