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TIL while only being 10.1% of the Workforce, African-Americans hold 17.8% of all Federal Jobs.

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VZJG TIL a bird that is endemic to the Amazon Basin called the Hoatzin is hatched with claws on its wings; A genetic remnant that is evidence of birds dinosaurean lineage.
X0DWr TIL that in poker, the nickname for the Hold'em hand with a 9 and a 5 is a "Dolly Parton," named after the song and movie.
XEb8D TIL That a woman joined a missing person's search party, only to discover that she was in fact searching for herself
JEVm TIL Earth is believed to be home to approximately one trillion species, with only a fraction of one percent actually documented.
4XXpR TIL that Shirley Temple, often thought of now as the little darling of golden age cinema, actually was being used to sexually objectify children in mainstream film, often playing a prostitute, or a burlesque dancer.