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TIL that 1 to 5 percent of children are afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - in some Native American reservations it is 1 in 4

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x6Ek7 TIL: The only Congressional Medal of Honor not presented publicly at the White House and not by the President was Captain William McGonagle's medal for his actions during the 1967 attack on his ship
9RR6 TIL the TV show “Jackass” was sued by a Montana resident named Jack Ass who claimed the show was defaming his name. He said it took two years to file the suit because he couldn’t find a lawyer.
KORZ4 Til that an average American spends 700 dollars on gifts and holiday goodies, which totals upto 400 billion dollars each year
BrDLr TIL Emilio Morella is an Argentine man who was the first documented person born on the continent of Antarctica, in 1978. His pregnant mother had been airlifted there by Argentina in order to support their claim for part of the Antarctic as their territory
6jQX TIL that after Bill Murray’s character in the 2001 film Osmosis Jones mentioned a fictitious “National Chicken Wing Festival” in Buffalo, New York, the city created a real version of the festival, and has held it every year since then.