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TIL nearly 45% of recent college graduates are working in jobs which did not require a college degree

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EgEL0 TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
78L0P TIL of Maurice Wilson who, against all odds, flew his own plane from England to India to be the first to summit Everest under the assumption that ‘prayer and fasting’ would give him the strength to reach the peak.
awZoL TIL NFL players Nick, Joey, and John Bosa, Eric and Jake Kumerow are all grandsons of longtime Chicago Outfit crime boss Tony Accardo.
XEkOX TIL that various colleges across the United States are adopting BDSM clubs for students who have an interest in kinky sex. Both Harvard and Princeton have already joined the trend. Harvard's BDSM club is named "Harvard Munch" and Princeton's is named "Princeton Plays."
kONl1 TIL that transparent aluminum, the fictitious material in the Star Trek Voyage Home film (1986) has been actually invented.