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TIL 2/3 of all illiterate adults are female.

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X0moE TIL that crushed-up walnut shells are hard enough to use effectively in sandblasters, mostly for removing rust or the top-most layer of paint.
jNMWM TIL The reason we find some smells bad is because our brains have evolved to react with disgust to the smells of thing which are major disease vectors - things such as vomit or rotting carcasses. The greater the risk of disease, the more offensive you would find the smell.
ADY9B TIL That the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes, Richard Lancelyn Green, was found dead in his flat in 2004 in very mysterious circumstances. Green at the time of death was attempting to stop a Christies auction of Holmes artefacts from taking place and ending up in collectors hands.
GY4LE TIL: Petrus Plancius, in 1612 created the Unicorn Constellation (Monoceros Unicornis) to fill the empty area between two large constellations, Orion and Hydra.
wNMM TIL teacher John Cisna lost 60lbs eating McDonalds 3x/day for 6mo. as part of a teaching lesson against the movie ‘Super Size Me’, stating “As a teacher I wouldnt show that movie because theres no value…a guy eats uncontrollable amounts, stops exercising, & the world is surprised he puts on weight?”