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TIL Indian-Americans are the most educated ethnic/racial group in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 40% of Indian-Americans have graduate degrees (compared to 11% of the overall American population)

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gpa7 TIL that a frog has been discovered in 2015 that looks like Kermit
rpBw TIL there’s a guy who drives 4200 miles twice a month to bring rescue dogs from the south up to new homes in New England.
xVjBk TIL In 2001, Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) was travelling to Kenya when the pilot of his private plane fainted at the controls. Atkinson took over and was able to keep the plane flying. Meanwhile he slapped the pilot several times which revived him, and the plane was landed safely.
BggJK TIL of "ninja rocks," shards of spark plug ceramics. Harder than tempered glass, when thrown at car side windows they can easily cause those windows to shatter.
ZpakR TIL the ex-husband of Susan Kuhnhausen had hired a hitman to kill her while she was home alone. She beat him with the hammer the hitman attempted to use, then she strangled him to death and she survived with only bruises and scratches. "He tried to kill me, so I killed him."