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TIL 44% of Americans can’t swim

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XEXYD TIL Mexican drug cartels are fighting over a multi-billion avocado industry.
AD9do TIL In 2011 Oprah found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed that her sister spent 3 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press. (You have to see the video I linked)
69AvX TIL in the medieval era a popular legend regarding the purpose behind the building of the pyramids was to protect all the knowledge of the world from being lost in the great flood. they were constructed some 300 years before the flood by either the prophet Enoch or Hermes
Xj66 TIL scientists recreated a 9th century onion and garlic eye remedy from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript, and found that it killed 90% of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria (MRSA).
loLjN TIL that a “touron” is park ranger slang for a tourist who behaves like a moron when entering a national park.