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TIL that, in order to test the effectivenes of their program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America intentionally left nearly 500 at-risk children on an 18 month long wait list to compare their behaviors to those children placed with a mentor.

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l78KN TIL: There are parts of the ocean with no tides which are called amphidromic points, some even directly border land.
5Ygyp TIL 'Slav Squatting' is a learned behavior attributed to Russian prison culture to avoid sitting on the cold ground.
OG8De TIL in 1981 American Airlines offered a "lifetime unlimited AAirpass" for a lifetime of free first class flights for $250k. You could get an additional lifetime pass for a companion for an extra $150k. Two of their most frequent fliers cost the airline $1m a year and flew over 30m miles.
gMx68 TIL that the Lotus Bridge between left-lane-driving Macau and right-lane-driving China allows for traffic to seamlessly switch the side of the road that they are driving on at the border.
oRWgR TIL Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells