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

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aw8OM TIL High tide to high tide takes 12 hours and 25 minutes. That is because as the Earth rotates, the moon moves too and it takes 24 hours and 50 minutes before the moon is directly overhead.
49wa TIL that 52% of retired NFL players used prescription painkillers during football games, ¾ths of that said they abused them. 63% said the pills came from a non-medical source.
wLR4W TIL A man was forced to tweet for help when he got locked in a department store after falling asleep on a massage chair. The man awoke to a deserted shop floor after dozing off in an electronics store in Japan.
DJXp TIL that that ground has tides. The pull of the Moon’s gravity raises the ground up by nearly 40 cm over the course of 12 hours.
LnGQ TIL that one of the founders and lead guitarist of Blind Melon is now an employment lawyer in Philadelphia.