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TIL Karl Rove dropped out of college 4 times

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wWW7 TIL that Princeton students did vastly better on a series of “trick” math questions when the questions were printed in a small font and a washed-out gray print. The difficulty of reading the questions slowed them down enough to make them think carefully about the answers.
o79A TIL that in 2006, DNA tests on saliva on the backs of stamps of letters supposedly sent to police by Jack the Ripper was that of a female.
4X9xb TIL that the actor who plays Donald Malarkey in Band of Brothers is also the voice of Steve Smith in American Dad.
VMK8D TIL On April 30th 2003, the world rocket sled speed record was broken at Holloman High Speed Test Track, New Mexico. The sled reached Mach 9, 9465 feet per second (6453 mph) producing 228,000lbs thrust over 1.4 seconds. The track speed limit is currently set at Mach 10.
07j5 TIL That through a series of experiments in the Polytechnic Institute of New York, a robotic fish ended up becoming the leader of a school of live fish.