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TIL a 2011 study found that 47% adults in Detroit were functionally illiterate

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daoK TIL the heaviest weight lifted by a human was 6,270 pounds, by Paul Anderson, who backlifted it in 1957. That’s more weight than an average female African elephant.
W8xY TIL: A UPS driver who spotted “call 911” scrawled on a package helped police free a woman who had been held captive in her own home and sexually assaulted, authorities said.
8aMOb TIL that California has the worst road conditions in the country with San Francisco, LA, and San Jose coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
xVBGB TIL At Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845, his pet parrot had to be removed because it was swearing loudly.
RJa1 TIL a Poor and Illiterate Irishman called George Thomas travelled to India, worked as a mercenary for Indian Kings and eventually became a King himself, ruling over his own kingdom for a number of years in the districts of Rohtak and Hisar