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TIL that academic achievement and cognitive ability have been shown to predict later age of first sexual intercourse

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0dNMv TIL Garth Brooks is the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, and second best-selling of a group/artist, only losing to The Beatles.
ADogB TIL of 'holdout houses' - old properties that hold out against new development. One such occupied 'million dollar corner' at Macy's in New York. Another example is Edith Macefield's house in Seattle, whose owner famously turned down an offer of $1M. She willed it to the construction superintendent.
WkYe8 TIL that Hauska Castle has been constructed over a large hole in the ground that is allegedly a “gateway to Hell”. Legend has it that when construction began in the castle, all of the inmates that were sentenced to death were offered a pardon if they consented to be lowered by rope into the hole.
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BgNdK TIL that Jupiter has 79 moons. 53 of them have names and the rest are in the queue.