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TIL children's book author Roald Dahl was an ace fighter pilot during World War 2

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V1DB TIL:47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.”
JYmQQ Today I learned about Ocean Picture Stone, a rare quartz deposit in British Columbia that when cut/polished right looks like realistic beach scenery
pY7A4 TIL - MacGyver series ran from 1985 until 1992, as a result, for 37+ years we've been using the word "MacGyvered" as an adjective meaning "adapted or improvised in an ingenious or expedient way.". In March 2019, the term was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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