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TIL there are 29% (or 12.8 percentage points) more male home gardeners (56.4%) in the US than there are female home gardeners (43.6%)

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b9BwZ TIL The original Icelandic male settlers were 60-80% Norse and a similar percentage of Women were Gaelic from Ireland and Scotland.
Oa9R TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was the subject of a 31 month FBI investigation for reports of explicit sexual lyrics. The FBI was 'unable to interpret any of the wording in the record.’ Ironically, the drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck’ when he dropped his drumstick at 0:54 during the recording.
D1QjP TIL a 6 and 1/2 year old boy, Tyler Samuel Lee, won a contest to draw, write and voice a full episode of Dexter’s Laboratory
5Y5gQ TIL that in 1997, Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy by investing $150 million into the company.
5Vm6r TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt is the only person to have been awarded a Nobel Peace prize and the Medal of Honor.