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TIL that natural disasters increase fertility rates

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JY6PQ TIL Rival ice cream truck drivers in Glasgow in the 80s sold drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson in the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars.
QJQk6 TIL that only about 10% of stock trades are done by actual humans. The remainder is done by high frequency trading algorithms and day trading bots.
wLlkM TIL that 1 to 5 percent of children are afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - in some Native American reservations it is 1 in 4
woAE8 TIL the “Smiley Face Theory,” which alleges that from 1990–2010, 45 young men found dead in bodies of water across the Midwest did not accidentally drown but were rather victims of a serial killer. The only known connection is grafiti depicting a “smiley face” found near at least a dozen bodies.
QNnO9 TIL that the longest running laboratory experiment started in 1927 and is still being conducted.