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TIL in the United States as many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire US population or 10% of its poor). 23% are families with children - the fastest growing segment.

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oBK8L TIL that when a heiress disappeared in New York City, her parents didn’t report her missing because they were worried about the negativity it would bring the family. She was never found.
ne0Nb TIL that a Bangladeshi woman was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus after she gave her first birth only 26 days ago
mxjXO TIL while Benjamin Franklin was in Paris during the American Revolution, his secretary was a British spy. The spy used the cover of weekly letters about “gallantry” (exploits with women). He would write in-between the lines in a special ink and leave the letter in a dead drop every Tuesday night.
xVQ8D TIL that the lead singer of the California punk band The Offspring (Self Esteem, Come Out and Play, etc.) has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology and that his dissertation focused on HIV/AIDS research.
BEyk TIL Dr Stephen Hawking has joined the international boycott against Israel and refuses to meet with Israeli academics there.