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TIL The U.S. home ownership rate is at a 48-year low.

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gj7L TIL in 2011 A Wisconsin Judge ruled that people do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume foods of their choice.
8JRX TIL a tax return check is actually money that the government borrowed from you - interest free.
pYaxN TIL that the United States Postal Service doesn’t own or operate any aircraft. Instead, they contract with companies like FedEx and UPS to help transport mail and packages
ANDZl TIL The 1761 transition of Venus is one of the earliest international scientific collaborations. Britian, France, and Austria sent astronomers around the world to ensure good observations with the British team of Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason at the Cape of Good Hope being the most successful.
ZDJp TIL Ancient Irish kings were inaugurated in a symbolic wedding to the land, claimed to involve sex with a white mare followed by bathing in a broth made from the mare