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TIL Wealth matters more than ability to succeed in school

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Ypkox TIL a USAF tanker used its fuel boom to tow an F-4 Phantom to safety after the fighter lost engine power flying over the Atlantic
BJoe TIL researchers from Cornell University are using computational models to generate rap lyrics. “In terms of quantitative rhyme density, the produced lyrics outperform best human rappers by 21%”.
nyWY TIL The Deepest Recorded Ocean Depth is 35,814 ft (10,916 m). At that depth you experience 1100 atm, which is almost the same pressure commercial water cutters use to cut steel.
4XRp5 TIL Germany has special documents protecting companies and universities from "being infiltrated by scientologists"
wVm6 TIL that PETA euthanizes about 99% of the animals that end up in their shelters.