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TIL even if your parents refuse to help you pay for college, Federal Financial Aid won’t let you declare independence until you’re 24.

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woMRW TIL in Greece it is common for both bridegrooms and brides to wear stefanas (tiara-like headwear)
6Elm8 TIL each year about 100 US firefighters are convicted of arson. The issue is so prevalent that the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit both created profiles of an arsonist firefighter.
wO61 TIL that modern, “safer” playgrounds may be resulting in wimpier, more fearful kids – while actually increasing the risk of broken bones.
Br8GK TIL that Chadwick(the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford(the discoverer of the proton) who was student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).
XxJ8 TIL that a Dove is just a white Pigeon.