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TIL the “Daisy Girl” political ad for Lyndon B. Johnson only ran once, in 1964, but was considered an important factor in his landslide victory and remains one of the most controversial political ads ever.

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a849y TIL that a linguistic's research led by Seymour (2003) shows that, on average, English-native learners take 2 more years to learn to read (decode) the same words than groups of learners in another country learning to read in their language, say, Finnish, which has an easier & more systematic system.
AwNo TIL a 1994 letter from Johnny Cash to his wife June was voted the greatest love letter of all time. It beat out notes by English Romantic poet John Keats, Winston Churchill, Jimi Hendrix, and the great Hollywood lovers Richard Burton and Liz Taylor.
Y7YMB TIL the highest natural point in the Maldives is Mount Villingili at 5.1m or 17ft 🤣
wKM7 TIL that Quentin Tarantino never knew his father, but his father latched on to Quentin’s fame in order to become an actor.
LkLRP TIL A woman in New South Wales successfully sued her twin sister for over $170,000 after a sneeze changed her life. The sister lost control of the car & hit a tree after she sneezed. She suffered lower back pain as a result and the court held that it hindered her ability to work long hours.