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TIL: The Army Corps of Engineers Made a 2023 Cat Calendar

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N77O6 TIL: That 80% of strokes are preventable.
VMVdB TIL that the term, Luck of the Irish, was originally an insult. It was said sarcastically as the Irish have historically had bad luck, such as the potato famine.
VB1pB TIL that there is a rare medical condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome, where a person's accent changes as a result of brain damage or injury. This condition has affected people all over the world, causing them to suddenly speak with a different accent than they've never had before.
16Dnd TIL The Wisconsin River used to flow "backwards" into the Great Lakes basin instead of into the Mississippi River.
E8Aw TIL 63% of US prison inmates are functionally illiterate