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TIL Homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in U.S.

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VBWOm TIL that Phoenix is the most populated state capital and Montpelier is the least in the USA. The Arizona capital has over two hundred times the population of Vermont’s capital.
d8jBr TIL Song of the South was the first and only screenplay by a White Southerner. A black consultant was hired but quit after his criticism of the script was ignored. The NAACP were also denied required to see the film before it was released.
b6RVN TIL in the United States, as soon as a baby is born, hospitals start billing the baby for the care they receive. Since they technically become their own entity/person at birth, they are charged separately from the parent.
NQVP TIL that Mozart once wrote a prank composition that could only be played if the pianist stretched his two hands to the fullest, simultaneously hitting the middle notes with his nose.
7r1a7 TIL: Far right groups are using "Boogaloo" in reference to an "American Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo"