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TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim compared to 40% white children.

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neBBW TIL of Abul Bajandar, sometimes referred to as the tree man.His hands and feet grew foot-long, gnarled "roots," skin lesions that left him unable to feed himself, move around, work, or wear standard clothing. He had to undergo more than 25 surgeries remove the growths in his hands and feet.
eGKn TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the “dollarydoo”, based on a classic ‘The Simpsons’ episode. Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claim.
v6XK TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont
OOe1 TIL 75% of all tornadoes happen within the United States
WkPP4 TIL of the four recorded deaths by killer whales three of them were by the same killer whale named Tilikum.