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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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9YPdG TIL in 1859 an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. The conflict escalated to involve 461 Americans & 14 artillery against 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
R7bw1 TIL that in 2006 DOT inspectors discovered a cold war era fallout shelter under the Brooklyn Bridge
GYJeE TIL Plato attempted to describe how the world came into being in his dialogue "Timaeus". Plato first argues that since the sensible world “is always becoming and is never real,” it must have come to be, and therefore must have a cause. This cause he calls “the maker and father of the universe”
OGyde TIL there are only 2 Everglades in the world: Florida, USA and Noosa, Australia, with the latter containing more than 40% of Australia's birdlife and the only one you can safely swim in.
e0w5D TIL that bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world and can grow roughly 0.9 meters in a day if presented with the appropriate conditions.