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TIL Jake Paul has a history of taking children from their parents, in exchange for money, and putting them through very traumatic situations all for the sake of content.

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a8pLZ TIL Marriage rates in the United States have declined 60% over the past 50 years
yQ4Xl TIL In 1961, Robert F. Kennedy claimed it was possible for a black man to become president within 40 years
8eLlG TIL original Trek was cancelled after season 2, the Klingon ship model was made as merchandising, and then Trek was renewed for a third season, allowing the show to use the model which had not been created to be a series prop.
VLG8 TIL naked mole rats can move their front teeth independently of each other (like chopsticks), cannot get cancer, can run backwards as fast as they do forwards, and their skin cannot detect pain (even from acid burns).
VMkek TIL that the song 'Africa' by Toto is actually about a boy "trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past". This explains the apparently inaccurate line about Kilimanjaro rising above the Serengeti.