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TIL that Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's wife, died from severe burns in 1997 after her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz (later murdered in 2013), set fire to the apartment.

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XEw8R TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that "time and time again" people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.
5yW9 TIL that 1st generation immigrants’ children are less likely to commit crime than natives and 2nd generation children
vlK8 TIL that mollusk teeth are made of the strongest biological material in nature. At 5 times stronger than spider silk, a spaghetti-sized strand can hold the weight of an adult female hippopotamus.
JPYQ TIL the highest-ever federal tax rate was in 1954: 92% for those making over $1.7 million (in 2013 dollars). [pdf]
Dwag TIL that India has banned dolphin captivity and referred to dolphins as “non human persons”.