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TIL there is a 30 million word gap between rich and poor kids by the age of 3.

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4kkow TIL that after the Shah of Iran's overthrow, he was reluctantly given medical treatment in Panama. Panama assigned him a "militantly Marxist sociology professor" as a chief bodyguard who "spent much time lecturing the Shah on how he deserved his fate" and was charged $21,000 a month for rent.
M7wvm Today i learned that a single polar bear liver is enough to kill the average human being, this is caused by an overdose of vitamin A
d8DY8 TIL of Ba'al Pe'or- An idol mentioned in Talmudic texts, in which to worship it, you defecated on it.
E1bVV TIL police are called to Walmart stores 3-4 times as often as they are to other big-box retailers like Target. 25% of all arrests in St. Petersburg, FL and 92% of larceny calls in Granite Falls, NC are attributed to single Walmart locations in each city.
ne1kY TIL when the band 'Busted' was asked about the Jonas Brothers' cover of their song 'Year 3000', member Matt Willis said "Dude, they paid my mortgage for four years, I'm stoked to bits. Thank you very much Jonas Brothers"