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TIL that a Princeton University study concluded that African American college applicants get 230 points added to their SAT scores and Hispanics get 185, but Asians get penalized 50 points.

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v1aMj TIL when Genghis Khan in 1277 died, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything that crossed their path, in order to conceal where he was finally buried. After the tomb was completed, the slaves who built it were massacred, and then the soldiers who killed them were also killed.
O5L1 TIL that the Holland Tunnel’s ventilation system changes out all of the air in its 2 tubes (about 3 miles’ worth) every 90 seconds.
V850 TIL US Navy accidentally shot down a passenger plane from Tehran to Dubai in 1988.
XLxj TIL Robert Samuel a professional “stander” earns up to $US1,000 a week by standing in line for people
69GkY TIL that reported sightings of members of the lost Franklin Expedition by the Inuit didn’t cease until 1858. Meaning it’s possible that some of the crew survived for 13 years after the expedition entered the arctic, 11 years after the death of Franklin, and 10 years after abandoning their ships