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TIL 63% of US prison inmates are functionally illiterate

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9Yl4D TIL Caribbean Sperm Whales have regional accents and dialects, and tend to associate only with other whales that have the same "culture" as they do.
GYMAQ TIL a masked Manchester music producer known as "Outlaw" has been driving around at 5 mph blasting McFerrin's "Don't Worry" & handing out free items such as toilet paper, sanitiser, & weed. He's also known for handing out cash to needy at xmas & for giving bags of bud to passersby in Picadilly Gdns.
woVP1 TIL Humans swallow at between 500-700 times a day, around three times an hour during sleep, once per minute while awake and (obviously) even more during meals.
AnLd TIL that in 1934, Georgia Tech’s football team refused to play against Michigan if a black player named Willis Ward took the field. One of Ward’s friends and fellow players was then-future president Gerald Ford, who threatened to quit if Ward was benched.
jNoNn TIL the original 3 Musketeer bars of the 1930's came in packs of three: one bar with vanilla nougat, one with chocolate nougat and one with strawberry nougat (hence the name "Three Musketeers"). WWII rations made the company reduce the three pack to just one bar with chocolate nougat.