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TIL that cities in New England often had a plot of land dedicated for people who didn’t own land. They are known as “poor farms”. Some of them still exist today and are established by towns as land that must be used for charitable purposes.

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p8WAe TIL that teaching social and emotional skills in school, such as self-management and relationship skills, can result in up to 11 percentile point improvement in academic achievement.
KQ84 TIL US President Andrew Jackson had been shot so many times people said he “rattled like a bag of marbles.”
N9pE TIL in 2000 Blockbuster CEO John Antioco turned down the chance to purchase Netflix because he thought it was a “very small niche business”
nW7rB TIL Bees only poop in perfact weather. They will hold for months if needed.
4PpJ TIL that in 2000 Nestlé chairman and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe stated that “access to water should not be a public right.” While that statement was recanted, Nestlé continues to take control of aquifers and bottle their water for profit.