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TIL that the U.S. has a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran, Libya or Turkey...

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LQXJP TIL Legenday blues musician B.B. King was actually born Reilly King and used his given name professionally early in his career. While working at a radio station he used the name "Beale Street Blues Boy," which morphed into just "Blues Boy," and eventually just "BB."
YbJr TIL of Myrtle Corbin, a dipygus with two separate pelvises, two vaginas, and two uteri. She preferred intercourse in her right side, but became pregnant on her left.
gbYW TIL “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” originally meant attempting something ludicrous or impossible
OoRo7 TIL in 2012, Demi Lovato did an MTV documentary about her sobriety and how she overcame addiction. 5 years later, she admitted she was on cocaine while filming it.
oB0BE TIL that I remember when class and charter were present in US leadership.