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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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WkLjY TIL Walt Disney World is 40 square miles, making it the same size as San Francisco and 2x the size of Manhattan.
bagZ TIL dogs laugh. They make laugh-like sounds when they are tickled or playing, and these sounds have a positive effect on puppies hearing them.
E1y7W TIL that fighting words, or "words which by their very utterance, inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace", are not protected under the first amendment.
R5aJ4 TIL Eddie Bauer, founder of the eponymous outdoor apparel and gear company, loved Labrador retrievers. One of his dogs, named "Wanapum Dart's Dandy", became the first American Labrador retriever to be a Triple Crown national champion, and was inducted into the Retriever Hall of Fame in 1992.
Zpa8Q TIL that the former head of the United Mine Workers of America had his former opponent and family killed on 12/31/69.