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TIL 63% of US prison inmates are functionally illiterate

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Wkm8A TIL that Aunt Jemima from the syrup bottle was a real lady name Nancy Green. She was a former slave and advocated against poverty and in favor of equal rights for individuals of Chicago. She then became one of the first African American living trademarks and the face of 'Aunt Jemima' .
nej4G TIL in 2016 a group of hackers almost stole $1 billion from the New York Federal Reserve, but were discovered when they spelled “foundation” as “fandation” in money request transcripts. They still managed to get away with $81 million.
6E1pm TIL that Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud met in 1938. Dalí started sketching Freud and Freud whispered to his friends: “That boy looks like a fanatic.” The remark, repeated to Dalí, delighted him.
GAl0N TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
wkBo TIL that it took 5 years to make the stop action movie Wallace and Gromit, taking a whole days worth of work to film one second worth of movie.