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TIL Jay Leno has never touched a dime of his ‘Tonight Show’ money

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wvKo TIL of the US Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell where the Court approved the practice of forced sterilization of citizens the state deemed unfit, including the intellectually disabled, in order to to improve the human race by eliminating “defectives” from the gene pool.
ZNkQ TIL that there are two towers in Milan called the Bosco Verticale that are host to more than 700 trees constituting more than 90 species. The name literally means ‘Vertical Forest’
JX18 TIL that toilet paper companies have made the paper roughly 20% smaller than they used to be, and have made the cardboard tube larger, all while increasing the price.
kWX4 TIL the ex-bassist of Nirvana and Soundgarden went on to become an Army Ranger and a Special Forces Green Beret.
O4r6 TIL Blackbeard died 296 years ago to this day. He received five bullet wounds and twenty sword cuts. His head was cut off and his body thrown overboard. As legend has it his headless body swam around the ship 3 times before sinking.