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

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wLkp7 TIL of death sentence with reprieve, a punishment in which the criminal is given a two year suspended sentence before execution. By abstaining from additional crimes during the two years, the criminal can reduce the sentence to life imprisonment, or, by committing good deeds, a fixed-term sentence.
QNl99 TIL Explorer James Cook charted "Sandy Island" near Australia, but it does not seem to exist and was not removed from maps until 1974.
lo7b5 TIL The invention of cultured pearls largely destroyed the economy of Kuwait due to the reliance on pearl diving.
7nRx TIL Asia has a larger surface area than the moon
6ARQ TIL Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time Nathans Hot Dog Eating competition winner, lost in a hotdog eating competition against a 1089lb Kodiak bear; he ate 31 hot dogs in 2min36 seconds against the bear’s 50. In 2012 Kobayashi broke the record held by the bear at the Texas state fair with 60 in 2min 35sec.