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TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television

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ADpAw TIL that in the Great Depression, there was a fleet of "book women" who delivered books, regardless of weather, to rural communities in Appalachia. These women would ride 100-120 miles every week on horseback, traversing dangerous terrain, to ensure that their readers received their books on time.
YkM7 TIL that in an effort to demonstrate people’s lack of scientific literacy, water is referred to by an unfamiliar name, “dihydrogen monoxide”, followed by a listing of real effects of this chemical, in an attempt to convince people that it should be regulated, labeled as hazardous, or banned.
XAeX TIL: Richard Feynman was divorced for doing too much calculus
MdQK TIL McDonald’s is a worldwide real estate giant who owns the majority of its property. They buy property and lease it back to their franchisees, collecting billions in revenue each year.
8a4wa TIL about Mimizuka, a monument in Kyoto dedicated to the sliced off noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians taken as war trophies.