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TIL that the F.B.I. considers animal abuse as a Class A Felony

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MLya TIL that the dispute over whether Newton or Leibniz invented calculus was decided by the Royal Society. Newton, as the President, appointed an impartial committee to decide the issue, which concluded in its official report that Newton was the inventor. Newton was the anonymous author of the report.
GYKXN TIL that at the end of The Notorious BIG's song "Respect" there is real audio of Biggie getting pleased by a female in the studio.
KMX4 TIL less knowledgeable people are more likely to over estimate their knowledge, and more knowledgeable people tend to underestimate.
yZr8 TIL the 77 cent to the dollar statistic is significantly skewed, in fact young childless women actually earn more than their male counterparts.
ANOe7 TIL about Miracle Village, a community for registered sex offenders in Palm Beach, Florida.