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TIL that Mississippi now beats California in teaching students to read, and by a lot

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v1aoB TIL In the 1940s the Superman Radio Show had Superman fight their version of the KKK using real information about the Klan. This was a crippling blow to the organization, causing recruitment to drastically decrease. In response the KKK ordered a boycott of the Radio Show’s sponsor, Kellogg.
Qk7M TIL Johnny Depp is an honorary member of the Comanche Nation. His native name means ‘Shape Shifter’
R5Rj4 TIL about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. The daughter of Thutmose I and his first wife, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, and was his first wife. When Thutmose II died, she became regent for the baby Thutmose III, her husband's heir by another wife. She ruled 22 years until her death.
OLX1 TIL Thanos (the purple villain at the end of Avengers) has a brother, Starfox, who is sex crazed and has a very rapey anaphrodisiac-like superpower.
NXp71 TIL someone bought a domain name (GutHib.com) just to say that you spelled GitHub wrong.