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TIL that the number of people living in the USA that are illiterate is almost equal to the entire population of Canada (32,000,000 vs 35,000,000)

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m1dKO TIL Interior Secretary James Watts banned the Beach Boys from playing on the National Mall, Watt said "hard rock" music "brought the wrong element" citing drug and alcohol use. Instead, Watt invited longtime Las Vegas star Wayne Newton to provide a more 'patriotic, family-based entertainment.'
GXmj TIL When ignored by that person whose attention means the most to you, the reaction in your brain is similar to physical pain.
VMEMD TIL of the "Ghost Blimp" that floated into Daly, CA with all parachutes and working equipment on board and no sign of the crew
VJ80 TIL an Anti-Animal-Cruelty Activist infiltrated a Colorado dairy farm, filmed abuse of calves, and turned the footage over to police. The Activist was then charged by police with animal cruelty for not reporting the abuses fast enough.
4X5lJ TIL about Vozrozhdeniya, an island in the Aral Sea that was a Soviet bio weapons testing facility. In 1988 the Soviets dumped 100-200 tons of anthrax and bleach there. They also buried hundreds of infected animals and abandoned labs. It is one of the deadliest places on Earth.