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TIL The Big Bang Theory was proposed by a Catholic Priest.

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AJ4w TIL that 20% of the genetic material in a typical human nasal swab is biological dark matter that cannot be attributed to any of the existing categories of living organisms on Earth (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes)
6EAlm TIL an Assistant US Attorney investigating sexual predators & drug rings was found stabbed 36 times, hundreds of miles from his home. Some wounds were on his back, his hands shredded, his scrotum & neck sliced & there was an unidentified fingerprint in his car. His death was ruled suicide.
R59ZQ TIL that when U.S. Counties are ranked by per capita income, of the worst 5 percent of the counties, one - third are named for Confederate Leaders.
GEQg TIL at 13, Molly Kelly an Aboriginal girl was forcibly removed from her family and sent to a government institution to become a domestic servant. She escaped and walked 1000 miles home across the outback. From 1905-1971 Australian authorities forcibly removed thousands of indigenous children
GOo4 TIL that insurance companies are themselves insured against big payouts from unforseeable disasters, and that this is called ‘reinsurance’.