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

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0dPvj TIL The State Legislature of Virginia, The Virginia General Assembly, is the oldest lawmaking body in the New World and was established at Jamestown, on July 30, 1619. 157 years later, seven Virginians who had been elected to this body would sign the Declaration of Independence, on August 2nd, 1776.
ADGml TIL that ‘seven nation army’ is how a young Jack White used to mispronounce the Salvation Army.
Onx6 TIL Bruce Willis has been sober since 1988
EWkV TIL Elephants bury their dead and will revisit graves generations later. They’ve even been known to bury humans that have passed away
69AaX TIL that our ancient ancestor, H. erectus (upright man) was the longest surviving human ancestor that we know of. The span of time they were alive on the Earth is estimated at 1.5 million years, compared to modern humans, at around 400,000 years!