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TIL that 30% of those with ADHD do not finish high school (10% for non-AHDH), 40% get pregnant as teens (4%), 60% are accident prone (10%), 50% get into a serious car crash (17%), and 54% get fired from a least one job (31%) respectively.

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apNo TIL that the only infixes in the English language are obscenities like fuckin’, as in “Un-fuckin’-believable”
aEPL TIL In crime-infested Ciudad Juarez Mexico a city bordering Texas. A forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez uses a secret technique that he created, to rehydrate murdered mummified bodies making it easier to identify fingerprints and facial features from victims left to rot in the desert.
KOpr4 TIL Joseph Stalin originally trained as a priest in an Orthodox Spiritual Seminary. He at first achieved high grades, but later lost interest, declaring himself an atheist. He was known to stalk out of prayers, refuse to doff his hat to monks, and was confined to a cell for his rebellious behaviour.
VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
rNdoM TIL that in 1786, 12-year-old Hannah Ocuish - half Black and half Native - became the youngest U.S. person to be executed. She had reportedly beaten a neighbor's 6-year-old to death over a dispute involving some stolen strawberries.