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TIL that King Charles travels with a custom made toilet seat
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TIL squirrels were voracious pests in colonial America. Bounties were imposed to reduce populations and some colonies even accepted squirrel scalps as payment for taxes. Colonists became such marksmen from shooting squirrels, they later devastated the ranks of British soldiers during the revolution.
E1anW
TIL Oklahoma has the highest rate of childhood trauma in the US, measured using the ACE test. The aftereffects of this are seen in levels of incarceration, deaths by heart disease, divorce, and more. An ACE score of just 2/10 can increase future risk of social and physical struggles.
MeMGB
TIL that though Japan is notorious for its long work hours, “American workers clocked in more average annual hours than Japanese workers in 2016.”
KOA9G
TIL a study from Yale found that kids who watched 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' retained more information than children who watched 'Sesame Street.' They also had a higher 'tolerance of delay', meaning they were more patient
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TIL banned since 2008 for ‘unacceptable humanitarian consequences’, antipersonnel cluster bombs were first used by the Germans in WW2. In Iraq in 1991, 61,000 were dropped , containing 20 million submunitions