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TIL: college educated people are more likely to stay married

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OomWX TIL that Secret Service countersnipers use a custom, high-powered firearm called a JAR, short for "Just Another Rifle". Since the countersniper unit formed in 1971, the unit has never had to fire a JAR to safeguard a person they were assigned to protect.
X0war TIL the earliest known toy trains were made in the 1850s and powered by alcohol fires and real steam. They had the tendency to start house fires due to their fuel leaking and igniting when the toy fell over. Earlier models had no safety valves and would explode due to excess boiler pressure.
MAB TIL by 25 BC, ancient Romans developed a recipe for concrete specifically used for underwater work which is essentially the same formula used today.
p8EA TIL - That NYLON is named so because the scientists that developed it were from “New York” and “LONdon”!!!
K4RG TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks