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TIL 80% of rapists are raised by single moms and 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes

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b9ZN9 TIL that a US federal law, still in existence, permits any US citizen to take possession of any unclaimed island, anywhere in the world — as long as the island has deposits of bird poop on it.
ADymo TIL John F Kennedy Jr's burial at sea is estimated to have cost about $400,000 to reposition a destroyer and fly two chaplains for a service off the coast of Massachusetts.
rN4vy TIL the Maquis from Star Trek share their name with a group of French guerrilla fighters who opposed the Nazi occupation of France during World War II
9LEm TIL - Nikola Tesla was a proponent of an imposed selective breeding version of eugenics. Eugenics is the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population.
k7g TIL that pure gold is referred to as 24 carat because at one point a Roman gold coin used to weigh 24 carob seeds.