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TIL that on average the happiest Americans are rich people living in rich neighborhoods in poor counties.

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MekaV TIL that Virgin group owner Richard Branson bought Necker Island in the Virgin Islands at the age of just 28 for $180,000 in 1978, it was supposed to be worth $6 million but he somehow managed to buy it for $180,000. He still lives on the island to this day.
oBBn7 TIL The New York Times has continually updated the same 2009 article detailing how mass shooters got their guns and what they used
5VJm9 Today I learned that the Beatles song "I Feel Fine" inspired the James Taylor song "Something in the Way She Moves", which in turn inspired the Beatles song "Something".
7Nr TIL A black man was charged for domestic violence when he burned a cross on his yard to scare his white wife
Wk6d4 TIL that the bullet that killed the longest confirmed sniper kill in history (3,540 m) flew for 10 second and and was flying for so long that the sniper had to take in the curvature of the Earth into account.