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TIL 40% of Americans trace their ancestry through Ellis Island.

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eGx4 TIL: Centipedes don’t have sex. Instead they leave packets of their sperm, called spermatophore, around for females to find.
10ZO TIL The top 3 deadliest lone wolf shootings did not occur in the US, but actually occured in Korea, Norway, and Australia. The third most deadly shooting was by a mentally handicapped heir to a small fortune, who used an AR-15 to attack a former prison colony in Port Arthur, Australia.
vPwK4 TIL that during a single Senate term from 1949 to 1955, Nebraska's Class 2 seat was occupied by six different senators due to two deaths, three appointments, two special elections, and one resignation.
E1Nl0 TIL of Freedom Day: On Feb 3, 1964, nearly half a million New York City school students protested against segregation. The largest protest for civil rights in US history, it was twice as large as Martin Luther King Jr's March on Washington.
BrEEy TIL Moonshine alcohol jugs are typically marked with 'XXX' in cartoons because it needs to be distilled 3 times to reach nearly 100% pure alcohol. Each 'X' signifies a distillation.