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TIL 63% of US prison inmates are functionally illiterate

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J1QL8 TIL there’s a town in rural Queensland, Australia, called Dululu.. and for extra points, it is located within the Shire of Banana. Perth, it’s been fun, but it’s time for me to go home🖖
loV5K TIL that orchids are named for the Greek órkhis, literally meaning "testicle." The name is for the shape of the root. NSFW
pYGy8 TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train and modify a cat to be a spy only to have it get run over on its first mission.
9YgxB TIL about aibohphobia, the irrational fear of palindromes
gMDEb TIL that Lincoln loved cats so much that he once fed them from the table during a formal White House dinner. When his wife told him that it was “shameful in front of their guests,” he replied “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”