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TIL an Oregon woman started a 50,000 acre wildfire who later told authorities that her “firefighter friends were bored and needed work.”

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75mx TIL that the United States ranks last in intergenerational justice. The US has an exceedingly high rate of child poverty and debt compared to other countries, while achieving low rates of senior poverty and debt at the expense of the young. [PDF Warning]
yVKK8 TIL, a 9-year-old girl died suffering from a severe lice infestation that was so bad she was unable to walk without falling or hold things without dropping them. The little girl would die from anemia.
mxjAO TIL Jet Li was a Chinese citizen until 2003, United States citizen from 2003 to 2009, and has been a naturalized Singaporean citizen since 2009. He was said to have chosen Singapore for its education system for his two younger daughters.
P11ew TIL about Mitsuye Endo who was a plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court lawsuit that ultimately led to the closing of the concentration camps in the U.S. and the return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.
wLnmJ TIL The largest beaver dam on Earth is located in northern Alberta, is visible from space and is over 2,790 feet in length. Experts believe construction began in the 1970s, making it a multi-generational project.