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TIL an analysis found that 69% of the individuals on Forbes' 2011 list of the 400 richest Americans started their own business, whereas, only 40% of those on the 1982 list had done the same.

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0EKM TIL that a California man committed a murder during a robbery and got away with it for four years. He had a tattoo artist recreate the crime scene in a detailed tattoo on his chest. When he was later caught, investigating detectives described the tattoo as a “crime scene sketch and a confession.”
BNkL TIL That a featureless app called “I am rich” was released on the app store for $999.99. 8 people purchased it before apple removed it the next day
p11O TIL Students at Bob Jones University aren’t allowed to go to movie theaters and at home can’t watch movies rated higher than G by themselves
NXA9E TIL that for training purposes and to avoid the risk of creating political tensions with actual countries, the U.S. Army has created over 20 incredibly detailed and intricate fictional nations, all including maps, flags, populations, etc. Each one is the "counterpart" of an actual nation.
LQBnr TIL the popular playground game of whispering a phrase down a line has a strange name variation. In the US and Canada, it is called the Telephone Game. In the UK, we call it Chinese Whispers.