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TIL that 19% of high school graduates in the US can’t read above a basic level.

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woYgo TIL There are a total of 129 streets named after former US President JFK in the country of Brazil. The US only has 35 streets named after him.
9YnOQ TIL the last surviving Civil War Pension recipient died less than 10 weeks ago.
gBxA TIL the “Law & Order” sound is “technically a piece of music”, so composer Mike Post gets a royalty every time it is played. Post calls the sound “ching ching” because he’s “making money off of it.”
OGZGY TIL every 25min to 8hrs our subconscious switches the nostril to decongest & use
5YElQ TIL that water has joined gold, oil and other commodities that are traded on Wall Street as worries about the uncertainty of its availability in the future rises.