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TIL fewer than 10% of legally blind people in the United States can actually read Braille.

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QNGdk TIL Aretha Franklin actually covered Respect. It’s originally an Otis Redding number!
neM07 TIL of Wayne "Buck" Shelford, a NZ rugby player who lost four teeth and had a testicle pop out of his scrotum during a match against France. After asking the doctor to stitch him up he returned to the match where he later sustained a concussion. To this day he has no recollection of the events.
E1GxW TIL After the Success of Atari 2600 games. Quaker Oats released 13 games for Atari 2600.
MejY7 TIL that a man named George Meegan walked across the Western Hemisphere, a total distance of 19,019 miles. It took him close to seven years to complete his journey.
ENXx TIL India has been the largest troop contributor to UN missions since its inception