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TIL 2/3 of all illiterate adults are female.

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kvEe TIL The Vin Diesel film “A Man Apart” was originally titled “Diablo”, until they were sued by Blizzard Entertainment for infringement on the game’s name.
8aroK TIL Osama Bin Laden played Nintendo games while in hiding
b8Ya TIL that during WWI, the United States attempted to change words that had German origins. Sauerkraut came to be called “liberty cabbage”, German measles became “liberty measles”, hamburgers became “liberty sandwiches”.
xVeV1 TIL Medical errors kill more Americans every year than guns, cars and alcohol combined.
YpLZv TIL that the US army guys who took part in the clean up of Enewetak Atol after nuclear testing are dying from radiation related illnesses and the US government wont recognise them.