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TIL that new Economics PhDs have a 0% unemployment rate

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rRkO0 TIL that the Fabii, one of ancient Rome's most prestigious families, was nearly wiped out in one battle where 306 male members of the family died. The sole survivor of the family had been too young to go to war.
1Q98 TIL nearly 70% of African American children and 60% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim. African-American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than white children.
d8vGj TIL: The Cheka, the soviet secret police would skin people alive, have people tied to planks and then pushed slowly into furnaces or tanks of boiling water, children as young as 8 would be executed.
gMdbX TIL that rice farmers often put fish into their water-laden fields in a process called “rice-fish culture.” The fish act as pest control, improve oxygen circulation, and can even fertilize the soil with their droppings. This can increase the crop yield by 10% or more.
y77a TIL used pizza boxes are not recyclable due to grease.