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TIL after finding that 66% of teens have chronic sleep deprivation, the CDC has started recommending later start times for schools

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b6W6j TIL: That the first aircraft carrier landing was done with no arresting wires to stop the plane, men on deck grabbed ropes tied to the plane
Zanv TIL that in 1879 cats were used to deliver mail in Belgium. It was unsuccessful.
B7Pd TIL that the Rwandan Genocide lasted only 100 days. In those 100 days, Hutus killed anywhere between half a million to a million Tutsi civilians.
ANpAn TIL the quickly drying Colorado River’s #1 outflow of water is to feed cows
kJky5 TIL There is no laundry facility on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts typically wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then discard them. These clothes are placed in a cargo ship that will eventually burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.