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TIL San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children among the largest cities in the United States — with just 13.4% of inhabitants under 18

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XOER TIL that, in 1943, L. Ron Hubbard wrote a series of private letters about losing his command and various military blunders, and general good health. Later, he founded scientology and claimed heroics and injuries in the war.
rRYNo TIL the CIA ran a LSD sex-house in San Francisco
87oL TIL the first and the last British soldiers to die in WWI are coincidentally buried only 15 feet apart. In the 4 year period between their deaths, nearly a million other British/Commonwealth troops died.
xVrb5 TIL The word "Phony" comes from the pirate slang word "Fawney," which means "fake gold rings"
XEwlX TIL that Ozzy Osbourne spent six weeks in Winson Green Prison when he was unable to pay a fine after being found guilty of burgling a clothes shop; to teach his son a lesson, his father refused to pay the fine