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TIL: According to the American Survey Center, the 1996, “A National Strategy to Prevent Teen Pregnancy", by the department of health worked and teenage pregnancies have declined since then. However, Gen Z and millennial romance is drastically lower than Boomers and Gen X at the same age.

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e0YBk TIL that longtime Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson once confronted notorious D.C. drug lord Rayful Edmond III, who had become friendly with several players. When Edmond initially refused to stop contact with said players, the 6'10 Thompson stood up and yelled at Edmond, who then oblidged.
neBRP TIL the word "paparazzi" originated from a character name in the 1960 Italian film "La Dolce Vita."
1MDO TIL an 1880’s guy’s GF committed suicide. Her brother, enraged, shot the man in the face & then committed suicide. However, the bullet only grazed his face & hit a tree. 20 years later the man dynamited the tree which sent the bullet flying into his head, finally killing him.
5V6k TIL that if Japan had waited about a week to bomb Pearl Harbor, there could have been a new state called Jefferson in the mountainous region of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
j6pRN TIL a Liverpool fan committed suicide halfway through the Champions League final when Liverpool were trailing 0-3 just to comeback to 3-3 and beat AC Milan in penalties