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TIL that the United States is the only country in the entire world that currently has minors serving life without parole.

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mx9Kp TIL Americans produced an average of 4.5 pounds of trash per person per day. And while that may seem like a lot of trash, it was actually one of the lowest estimates since 1990. Things keep improving.
ZD6o TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was unclassified as a planet, Pluto did not even complete one revolution around the sun.
9v5Q TIL that, if we could extend our lives indefinitely, humans would die at an average age of 1200 in accidents.
rNkW TIL the Doctor who claimed a link between vaccines and autism created fraudulent data for his paper and lost his medical license as a result.
mxXRM TIL Steve Jobs' best selling biography was released 19 days after his death. He encouraged people to speak honestly about him and asked for no control over its content other than the book's cover. He waived the right to read it before it was published