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TIL that 98% of all adoptions in Japan are of adult men

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Oo08g TIL on Shark Tank as soon as the entrepreneurs are done filming, they’re whisked away to meet with a psychiatrist to make sure they’re OK. Some contestants can take the Sharks’ rejection pretty hard, so this is a precautionary measure ensure everyone is taken care of.
lomWN TIL: There are about 4 unique people on earth who are exactly as old as you, down to 1 second. Including you.
voNK TIL tired of having his album “Aqualung” called a “concept album”, Jethro Tull’s lead Ian Anderson composed the album “Thick as a Brick” with only one song called “Thick as a Brick”, with 42 minutes of duration
6W4Q TIL French Queen Marie Antoinette had a fully functioning peasant village built on the grounds of Versailles. She loved strolling the village in simple shepherdess garb pretending to live a simple life milking cows or sheep, which were carefully maintained and cleaned by the servants.
E1ag0 TIL that the Super Soaker was invented in 1990 by NASA engineer, and Air Force Veteran Lonnie George Johnson who describes himself as a "part of a small group of African-American inventors whose work accounts for 6 percent of all U.S. patent applications."