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TIL nearly 7 out of 10 Americans have less than $1000 in savings.

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BAdb TIL The Doors were banned from the Ed Sullivan show after saying “higher” when performing Light My Fire although agreeing to change it during rehearsal to “better” as it could be referencing drug use.
gJdX TIL Akon has been leading the charge to power tribal Africa. Gathering over $1 billion from investors to install utilities, such as 100k street lights, in 480 communities in 15 countries. That’s $75,000 per village on average. Indirectly creating 5500 jobs.
vPdL7 TIL: If you end up taking a robocaller company to court under TCPA laws, a common counter claim is a "manufactured claims" defense, because it's often necessary to bait the scammers to get the required information from them in the first place.
Z8pJa TIL Babies were born without bones in the Marshall Islands following the testing of nuclear bombs by the United States in the 1950's
N7rWN TIL that the interstellar travels of Voyager I and II were only possible due to a specific planetary alignment that only occurs every 175 years. The position of the 4 outer planets enabled a slingshot move which greatly increased the crafts speed.