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TIL that 11% of billionaires tracked by Forbes did not graduate from college - but 45% went to an elite university

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R77R8 TIL that eels have TWO JAWS (just like Xenomorphs from the Alien movies)
9VkD TIL 64 of 112 (57%) former Supreme Court Justices never obtained a law degree
4kXga TIL about 20% of Australians are descendants of convicts.
loLda TIL that exactly 190 years ago, The Indian Removal Act was passed, allowing U.S. President Andrew Jackson to grant Native American tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their settlements within the borders of extant U.S. states, thereby clearing the way for further white settlement.
groW7 TIL that canned tuna (and other fish) contains small doses of mercury (the poisonous metal found for example in old thermomethers)