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

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E1700 TIL that many of the props used in the 2009 film ‘District 9’ were reused from a planned Halo movie that fell through.
4k6LJ TIL: Per vehicle miles traveled in 2020, motorcyclist fatalities occurred nearly 28 times more frequently than passenger car occupant fatalities in traffic crashes.
xVRx7 TIL Isaac Newton poked his eye with a sewing needle to learn more about light by seeing how altering the shape of his eye would change his perception - he recorded seeing colored circles and other visual phenomena.
e0Vmb TIL that the Japanese dish Oyakodon, made with chicken and eggs, translates to “Parent and child rice bowl”
b6l9E TIL for the last 8 years Ukranians have referred to Russia as "Mordor"