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TIL 52% of Americans can’t afford the house that they are currently living in right now

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mxwJO TIL about the Canadian HMCS Haida, which became known as "The Fightingest Ship in the Navy" after sinking 14 German ships and submarines in just over a year during WW2. The Haida went on to take part in the Korean War, and now serves as a museum ship and national historic site in Canada.
AxpB TIL Disney hired a convicted child molester to direct their 1995 movie “Powder”. Victor Salva pleaded guilty to oral sex with a 14 year old actor on set of a previous movie.
l7Nea TIL Guns N Roses was originally formed by Traci Guns, merging his band LA Guns with new comers Hollywood Rose (Axl Rose's band). Axl and Traci fought bitterly, so Guns left re-forming his old band LA Guns. They would go on to a achieve just a fraction of the commercial success enjoyed by GnR
pY44b TIL of a man who was discovered to be unknowingly missing 90% of his brain, and was living a normal life.
xVjQ5 TIL: The college student who coined the saying "Don't trust anybody over 30" is now 78 years old.