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Today I learned that 79% of Americans are literate and that 54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level

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9ALM TIL Dr.Seuss wrote an adult book, but due to his inability to draw a sexy female it was a flop
Xa0R TIL that during a battle Genghis Khan was shot in the neck, after the battle he asked the defeated who shot him, Zurgadai confessed to shooting him but refused to beg for mercy. Genghis Khan then made him one of his troops and eventually he went on to become one of his high ranking generals.
0d8PA TIL the blazon of the European flag describes it thus: On an azure field a circle of twelve golden mullets, their points not touching.
mZrY TIL that in 2006, teenage fans of a popular Portuguese soap opera began experiencing the physical symptoms of a fictional disease that was introduced to the characters on the show. The “outbreak” spread to over 300 people. It is considered an example of mass hysteria.
YmrA TIL 30-50% of the human population carries a behaviour altering parasite