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TIL: 90% of wealthy families lose their fortunes in three generations

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DQdXg TIL the most polluted place in the US is Hanford Nuclear Site, home to 56 million gallons of nuclear waste, leaking storage tanks, and contaminated soil.
YbKZ TIL that children’s education has drastically changed from the play-based model (in hunter-gatherers) to forced labour due to Agriculture and Industrial ages, into today’s learning-as-work model. The notable trend throughout the years is that play is seen as a hindrance to children’s education.
wLAPP TIL domestic pigs will quickly adapt to living in the wild if set free. They become extremely aggressive, and their physiology will change and resemble that of feral swine (bristly hair, tusks, increased muscle mass) within a matter of months.
aw47o TIL of Don Shipley, a retired Navy Seal who has spent much of his post service life exposing individuals who falsely claim to be SEALs. According to the FBI there are 300 times more impostor Navy SEALs than actual SEALs
El1p TIL that Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria produced the 2014 Keanu Reeves action film John Wick.