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TIL About 130 million adults in the U.S. — half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 — have low literacy skills

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b9X09 TIL The New Hampshire Astronomical Society donated over a dozen telescopes to local public libraries around the state so they can be put into circulation just like a book. Their 4.5-inch telescopes shows the Moon and deep sky objects in far more detail than common "beginners" telescopes
Wkkk4 TIL Germany has mandatory quiet time from 1pm to 3pm and 10pm to 6am Monday- Saturday and all day Sundays and holidays.
ne1lb TIL of Hipólito Bouchard, an Argentine corsair and sailor who in 1818 occupied Monterrey, California for six days, planted a Argentina flag and burned all of the spanish forts leaving all properties of Americans unharmed.
Vr0Q TIL rapper Lil Dicky made the music video for ’$ave Dat Money’ a song about saving money by asking house owners, a yatch owner and a car dealership if he could use their stuff for free. He also crashed a music video being shot by T-Pain and used it acting as if it were his own. Spending $0.
9YmEQ TIL Scientists were able to partially restore function to the legs of a paralyzed rat by implanting asparagus between the severed ends of the spinal cord