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TIL that both Alabama and Mississippi have a higher literacy rate than California or New York

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a878o TIL Christopher Walken volunteered to be in Fatboy Slim's iconic "Weapon of Choice" music video
5KOB TIL in 2008, when South Korea’s Health Ministry requested a lower price for a leading HIV drug made by Roche, the pharma company refused to sell it. The head of Roche’s Korea division reportedly said, “We are not in the business to save lives, but to make money. Saving lives is not our business.”
VMGkp TIL there was a recurring problem in Victorian times where explosions would ignite in sewers and bathrooms as a result of methane gas buildup from human waste.
VMZDQ TIL the only female Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was a Harvard graduate and served as PM from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. After losing the election in 1997 she went into self-exile in Dubai. She returned to Pakistan in 2007 to run again but was assassinated during a rally.
XO4j TIL Arthur is the second longest running animated show, right behind The Simpsons