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TIL an estimated 1 in 4 Alabamans are functionally illiterate, meaning they’re unable to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level

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v1KG8 TIL that Scientists Genetically Engineered Flies to Ejaculate Under Red Light. Their experiments confirm that sex is pleasurable, even for animals we think of as simple.
PMXV TIL that due to J. Edgar Hoover’s excessive abuse of power, Directors of the FBI are now limited to 10 years in office.
v7MK TIL that turning your body into a tree once you die and having forests instead of traditional cemeteries is an upcoming burial method.
R75K4 TIL the average height of adult women in South Korea went up 20.2 cm (8 inches) from 1896 to 1996.
pw14 TIL that Jackie Chan is a classically trained opera singer.