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TIL That after being voted into the position in 2010, it was discovered that the President of the Board of Detroit Public schools was illiterate.

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5VWwR TIL Japan has among the world’s strictest meat grading rules. Each carcass is graded on 4 characteristics, most important is “Beef Marbling Standard” (1-12). USDA Prime, the US's highest marbling grade, equates to about 4. Most domestic Wagyu or hybrids would score 6-9, while Kobe usually ranks 10+.
9kWm TIL in the 17th century in the Netherlands, there was a tulip flower bubble that allowed tulip traders to earn the equivalent of almost $62,000 USD a month.
baXp TIL that an assassin failed to kill Franz Ferdinand because he didn’t realise there was a ten second delay on the grenade, and then proceeded to try and commit suicide, but his cyanide pill was expired and the river he jumped into was 10cm deep
4ANR TIL: Since 1969, the United States has only had a balanced budget five times, four of which happened during the last four years of the Clinton administration.
eppR5 TIL that the last ever prisoners to be held inside the Tower Of London prison were the Kray Twins in 1952