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TIL The Pew Research Center estimates that since 1970, the share of the nation’s income earned by families in the middle class has fallen from almost two-thirds to around 40 percent.

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v1WY7 TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, endured many tragedies. Her mother died after giving birth to her, she was in constant debt, her 1st, 2nd, and 3rd children all died, while her husband drowned on his sailing boat. She herself passed away at 53.
M6X7 TIL There is only 1 known voice recording of Hitler not yelling.
MMJ8 TIL orangutans can use ‘calculated reciprocity’, which involves weighing the costs and benefits of gift exchanges and keeping track of these over time
kOnd TIL that The Jersey Shore will be cancelled due to high salary demands.
b69mj TIL South Korean Lee Seung Seop, 28, collapsed of fatigue and perished after playing the video game StarCraft online for almost 50 consecutive hours in an internet cafe.