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TIL that a little girl who died from a brain tumor was being watched over by a droid her father made for her named R2-KT.

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mxrNY TIL women’s peak fertility is at age 24 with women under 25 having a 96% chance to conceive. By age 30, the chance of miscarriage rises 20% and women’s fertility begins to decline at age 35.
PYP9g TIL Lightning storms can make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter
gM8g4 TIL that amicable and amiable have different meanings. Amicable describes goodwill between people or groups, and amiable describes a good-natured or affable individual. To remember this, don't use the C if there's no Crowd.
VQPB TIL that fatherless homes produce: 71% of our high school drop-outs, 85% of the kids with behavioral disorders, 90% of our homeless and runaway children, 75% of the adolescents in drug abuse programs, and 85% of the kids in juvenile detention facilities
RVo9 TIL that the fact that most dust is formed of dead skin cells is a myth. Most of it is just animal dander, sand, insect waste, flour, and of course lots of good, old-fashioned dirt.