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TIL North Korea supposedly has a literacy rate of 100%

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4XVYa TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked
rRPJ0 TIL about 19th century Empress Elisabeth of Austria, she had her baby taken away by her mother-in-law who named child after herself, refused to allow Elisabeth to breastfeed or care for her own child. Her second daughter born year later was also taken from her
XDRE TIL the reason cats flex (also called kneading) their claws when sitting on your lap is due to a behavior from when it was a kitten. The kitten has to flex its claws around the mothers nipple in order to get it to start lactating. In adulthood its just re triggered from being nurtured
R7Py4 TIL John Knoll, co-creator of Photoshop, also won an Oscar for his visual effects on Pirates Of The Carribean 2
mxPvy TIL: the Club-winged manakin has evolved solid wing bones which it can shake 100 times per second to create sounds to attract a mate