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TIL that the formula used to calculate the US’ poverty level is outdated. It is based off of the cost of living during the 1960’s when food was a family’s largest expenditure. If adjustments are made to the formula to reflect life today, then around 45.7 million Americans would be living in poverty.

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oBEeK TIL the Russian biplane An-2 "has no stall speed" - if the aircraft dips below a certain speed, spring-loaded slats pop out of the wings and the aircraft will "sink at the rate of a parachute".
OG8Ka TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery
YpPdv TIL that Costa Rica Military has been gone for 70 years, when its army ceased to exist in 1948. In 2016, the country topped HPI ranking as the happiest nation in the world, proud of having more teachers than soldiers.
awpwJ TIL: “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was illiterate. In restaurants, rather than ask someone to read the menu to him, he would wait until his teammates ordered and then order one of the items that he heard.
Vv6m TIL mountain goats are not actually goats, but members of the Antelope family