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TIL Jimmy Fallon initially majored in Computer Science but dropped out a semester shy of a degree and switched to Communications. “I got out once it got really hard. I made it up to C++. Then I couldn’t do the math – it got really confusing.”

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b9ma0 TIL that each strand of corn silk is attached to an individual corn kernel
kOyMg TIL of the “smoosh method”, a way of introducing two chinchillas to each other by placing them both in a small cage they can’t move in so they don’t attack each other
b9W0Z TIL the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics said that there is no evidence to support the use of detox diets for weight management or toxin elimination, & that considering the financial costs and potential health risks of them, they should be discouraged by health professionals.
4DLN TIL that in the USA, the deadliest job is logging, followed by fishing. Taxi drivers are the most likely to be murdered, more than twice as likely than cops.
mxRQx TIL Modern US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers typically refuel only once in their lifespan, at around the halfway mark of 25 years.