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TIL that Cuba has one of the world’s highest literacy rates

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oB0lR TIL of the "thrower's fracture": a rare phenomenon in which a young, otherwise healthy person breaks their upper arm bone in half just by throwing a ball too forcefully.
6Ewom TIL that birds can 'see' magnetic fields
gRbA TIL of the town of Geel, Belgium which practices de-institutionalized mental health care. Doctors place patients with host families to live. The tradition of caring for the mentally ill dates back hundreds of years.
EgplW TIL Of Francis Charteris a notorious sex predator who made a fortune through the south sea scam as well as gambling(in which he was found to be cheating). He was eventually sentenced to death but bribed his way into acquiring a pardon. After his death, people threw dead cats in his grave
BrwNx TIl that customers can be fined up to tens of thousands of dollars for opening a can of the Swedish delicacy surströmming in British Airlines.