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TIL that An astounding 47 percent of the residents of the city of Detroit are functionally illiterate.

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BeBd TIL that Australia is the only continent outside of Antartica WITHOUT an established deer population.
69GyQ TIL the South Korean movie Snowpiercer is one of the country's most expensive movies ever at $40 million USD
x6n1b TIL that Bubbles, Michael Jackson's pet chimp, is still alive and leads his own band of chimps at the Center for Great Apes in Florida. He's shy around cameras and spends a lot of his time painting.
6k77 TIL in 1988 a one-eyed pilot landed a Boeing 737 on a narrow grass levee after dual engine failure. No one was seriously injured. The plane was repaired at the site of the landing, and remained in service until December, 2016.
Orl6 TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star trek, flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Also,Roddenberry was one of the first humans to have his ashes carried into earth orbit.