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TIL that 54% of American adults are considered to have inadequate literacy

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dDMAd TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD
XEX6P TIL that Mona Lisa painting has its own mailbox due to the large amount of love letters and flowers from admirers.
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.
8eEyG TIL unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person who has acute HIV infection could carry a transmission risk of up to 2% (the equivalent of 1 transmission per 50 exposures) for receptive vaginal sex and over 20% (equivalent to 1 transmission per 5 exposures) for receptive anal sex.
Z8ppv TIL of a woman who tricked her girlfriend into sex by pretending to be a man. She was jailed for 6.5 years for using a fake penis on her partner.