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TIL that new Economics PhDs have a 0% unemployment rate

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GnpJ TIL Frogger was actually going to be called Highway Crossing Frog
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lNE5 TIL a man stole a pair of socks worth $2.50 at age 33, was convicted in 1995 and received a life sentence due to the three-strike law as he had two prior convictions for robbery in 1981, at age 19.
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