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TIL Liechtenstein has a 100% literacy rate

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EgPE0 TIL tobacco enemas were once used to resuscitate drowning victims, as well as to treat an array of maladies, including headaches, hernias, respiratory ailments, and abdominal cramps. This gave rise to the phrase "blowing smoke up (one's) ass."
rRkGy TIL that serial killer Richard Chase (“The Vampire of Sacramento”) only broke into unlocked houses. He saw locked doors as a sign that he wasn’t welcome at a house, but unlocked doors as an invitation to come inside.
VM7W4 TIL A Group Of Flat Earthers Spend $20,000 Trying To Prove Earth Is Flat, Accidentally Prove It's Round
4k9ab TIL That The Star-Spangled Banner was originally a British drinking song
wAeJ TIL that most Japanese schools don’t have janitors. Instead, the children do the cleaning daily as part of the practice rooted in Buddhist traditions that associate cleaning with morality.