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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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Oo45X TIL the Weird Al Yankovic song, "I lost on Jeopardy!" predates the reboot of the show with Alex Trebek as host; the song was released in 1983 and the show returned in '84. According to Yankovic, many had said the song's popularity caused Merv Griffin to revive the show.
VBk4k TIL that when Californians wanted to name a new city after San Francisco businessman William Ralston, he declined and said he was not worthy of the honor. So instead they named the city in honor of his modesty: Modesto, California.
Y68P TIL John Oliver was recommended to Jon Stewart for a job on the Daily Show by Ricky Gervais. Oliver didn’t know Gervais personally at the time and had never been to the USA before auditioning.
kVlm TIL Irish slaves used to be shipped to America where they would be forced to breed with black slaves in order to produce “mulatto” slaves that were worth more than the cheap white Irish slaves.
9EBB TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the crotch which landed him on the 15-day disabled list. In his first game back from the DL, teammate Ken Griffey Jr. conspired with those responsible for the PA system to have Beltré’s at-bat intro music be the waltz from The Nutcracker Suite