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TIL that the University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire, having opened its doors to students in 1096

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ne1mB TIL that 19 percent of adults in the U.S. cannot read a newspaper or complete a job application and 50 percent of U.S. adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level
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BrPyy TIL when fallout from Chernobyl drifted northwards to Sweden, the mosses and lichens that reindeer survive on during winter months was contaminated with radiation. 73,000 reindeer were killed by the Swedish government, with no compensation given to the local Sámi peoples.
P4RL TIL that George Washington was famous for using free liquor as a way to get votes. He once brought 160 gallons of rum to a campaign rally attended by 391 people.
pYAOO TIL that the painting called "Beauty Revealed", executed by Sarah Goodridge in 1828 and displaying her very own breasts, could be the first nude in history before it was even a thing. It was actually sent to her lover Daniel Webster but he married another woman while keeping the painting.