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

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oBpnL TIL that in 1720 a ship full of precious goods arrived in Marseille/France. In spite of clear signs, greedy merchands put pressure an the authorities to shorten the quarantine and not to burn the freight. More than 100.000 people died because of pestilence in the next two years.
r5J4 TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice
j9MN TIL Goldman Sachs Helped Cover Up Greek’s Public Debt So It Could Join The EU
ADE1l TIL In the 1850s the timber pirates of the Great Lakes stole lumber, burned ships, and openly threatened federal agents; killing atleast one. On May 6th 1853 the Buffalo, a lumber steam ship, rammed the USS Michigan but no charges were levied against the ship captain or owner.
8ageG TIL in the 1950s there was a past-life and hypnosis craze in the U.S. that started when a hypnotized housewife began randomly speaking in an Irish brogue.