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

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kJLle TIL that in 2009, Christopher Nolan’s older brother, Matthew, was arrested and charged for the murder of an accountant in Costa Rica. However, Matthew never stood trial due to a lack of evidence.
E1p80 TIL about the Freedom House Ambulance Service, how two young Black men from Pittsburgh (the “Unemployables”) became two of the world’s first paramedics. They operated unofficially and as volunteers, and became the model for all EMS. Later, they were entirely forgotten.
7805Z TIL about Westward Ho! in England and Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec, the only towns in the world with exclamation marks in their names.
LLkZ TIL All Syrian Refugees are welcomed with permanent residency in Sweden.
rR4Qe TIL that in the UK, huge power surges occur because of people making tea at the same time nationwide during TV commercial breaks