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TIL 44% of Americans can’t swim

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b9lAN TIL the last team to win gold in rugby in the Olympics was the USA, which taught a bunch of All-American Football players how to play it during the boat ride to the games.
R7EP8 TIL the suicide rate of retail workers is higher than the average, with one worker saying: “People getting angry at me telling them what to do, cussing me out, being rude to me over it. It’s unbearable.”
YpMVP TIL Napoleon actually made it all the way the Moscow, and even captured the city. He thought this victory would force Russia to negotiate peace. But the retreating Russian army burned the city down rather than capitulate to Napoleon. Napoleon retreated back to France shortly after.
BgbVr TIL the hardest material available to Pacific Island natives on atolls was shark teeth prior to the arrival of outside explorers. Islanders crafted serrated saws by embedding rows of shark teeth into wooden or bone handles, securing them with plant fibers or sinew.
R7KW1 TIL that Warner Brothers just made the movie "Just Mercy" free on streaming platforms to help educate people on systemic racism