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TIL that Asians are the only American racial minority group not overrepresented in the homeless population.

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Z8vdp TIL There was an entire horror movie filmed inside the US Disney parks, without permission. Actors and crew dressed up as tourists and filmed over 2 weeks in each park. Disney chose to ignore the movie, most likely to avoid giving it further attention. It premiered at Sundance.
v9br TIL To put an end to the 2002 Nord-Ost siege in Moscow Russian officials decided to use a classified gas to put everyone inside asleep but the gas killed over 100 of the hostages while Russian officials would not tell doctors what was used in the gas.
OG4jX TIL that Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, bombed the LSAT, was rejected from the role of Goofy at Disney World, and was stuck selling fax machines for a living. She was named the youngest female self-made billionaire in 2012.
5Yxar TIL that in Spearfish, South Dakota on January 22, 1943 at 7:30 am, it was -4 °F, then two minutes later, the temperature rose up to 45 °F. This is the fastest temperature change ever.
l7OM7 TIL only 4 percent of mobile users consume more than 50 gigabytes of cellular data a month