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TIL 14% of Americans are illiterate

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yQj7l TIL part of the reason the US Treasury doesn’t put the 2 dollar bill into wider circulation is because people opt to collect them, rather than actually spending them
WMeY TIL That Verizon refused to help search for a 62 disabled patient because he had an unpaid bill on his phone
lo4B5 TIL Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" is the 4th best selling record in all of history, with only Michael Jackson's Thriller, ACDC's Back in Black and Whitney Houston's Bodyguard soundtrack selling more.
4XBL6 TIL that Star Trek character astromycologist Paul Stamets has his name as an allusion to real-life mycologist, entrepreneur and author Paul Stamets, who advocates for the ecological benefits of mushrooms
knlW TIL Samsung laughed Android’s founder out of the boardroom. Two weeks later, Google bought Android for $50 million.