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TIL the defunding of the $11bn Superconducting Super Collider caused huge growth in the field of quantitative finance, as the theoretical physics job market collapsed overnight and PhD graduates had to find jobs at finance copmanies

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d768 TIL LGBT youth represent at least 20% of the homeless population in the US, with some estimates as high as 40%
DY0j TIL An Applebee’s in Detroit accidentally gave a 15-month old apple juice mixed with alcohol. The mom said “He was saying hi and bye to the walls.”
Elow TIL that in 1991 an F-15 fighter achieved an air-to-air kill using a 2000lb bomb. The USAF F-15E Strike Eagle of the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron released a GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb which, after 30 seconds of flight, impacted an Iraqi Air Force Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship.
7B6b TIL that 43% of Americans want to criminalize playing in a park alone for children 12 and younger.
xVnZo TIL that George Clooney gave away 1 million dollars to 14 of his closest friends in a briefcase at a dinner party