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TIL Only 11% of students from low income families earn a bachelors degree by 24

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loZyB TIL about the Andean potato preservation technique: Chuño which can be stored for decades.
69lbw TIL that Beethoven’s hearing loss may have helped him compose. He used “bone conduction” by clenching a rod in his teeth and pressing it against his piano, to receive perception of the sound when vibrations transfer from the piano to his jaw.
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rNO7W Today I learned about Bazoul in Burkina Faso, where crocodiles are revered and played with by local children