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TIL that a 2004 marketing study described Generation X as “the least parented, least nurtured generations in U.S. history.”

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eplLg TIL Salmon literally rot alive when they migrate back to spawn
e05xg TIL the Lurie family tree is considered the oldest (3000 years old, started 1037 BCE) family tree in existence. It begins with King David and continues up to the present day and includes among its members Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx and many kings of Judah, and almost every Ashkenazi Jew in existence.
ne4oW TIL, Till Lindemann the lead singer of Rammstein was shortlisted to go to 1980 Olympics in Moscow for freestyle swimming.
8awkK TIL Some spiders disguise themselves as ants by pretending their two front legs are antennae.More than 300 species of spiders are known to mimic the outward appearance of ants, a phenomenon called myrmecomorphy.
oRJbY TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte didn't really spoke french until he was around 10 years old.