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TIL the creator of Shaft was white

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YNxW TIL North Korea supposedly has a literacy rate of 100%
8aYwV TIL that In 1916 4 people were killed by a juvenile Great White shark in New Jersey (1 of the victims was swimming in a freshwater creek far from the coast)
lQJA TIL that 19% of high school graduates in the US can’t read above a basic level.
VMRQ0 TIL: the most celebrated 'toilet attendant' is Victoria Hughes, who for three decades served in a female public toilets in Bristol. Unexpected national fame came her way at the age of 80 in 1977 when she published her memoirs, called Ladies Mile. She revealed to being a confidante of prostitutes.
x56B TIL that infants under the age of 9 months do not understand object permanence, so when you hide your face while playing peek-a-boo, they believe you disappear.