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TIL-James Coleman was a pioneer of Social Research his report to President Johnson predicted that education spending was not a predictor of success. It’s was the home environment that was the key factor

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v144L TIL about Abram Petrovich Gannibal, an African child kidnapped to Russia as a gift for Peter the Great. The tsar freed him and raised him as his godson. Gannibal became a Major-General and the Governor of Reval. He is the great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin, considered the greatest Russian poet.
lraG TIL that illegible prescription handwriting is responsible for 7000 deaths annually in the US alone.
56kP TIL Jerry Seinfeld once refused to play a turkey on South Park. However George Clooney was totally fine with playing a dog.
KY6BJ TIL that there is a species of snake named after Professor Farnsworth from Futurama
QJ4Ze TIL "Gym" is "jõusaal" in Estonian language and it's direct translation would be "Hall of Strength".