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TIL that North Korea is the only country with a 100% literacy rate according to UNESCO

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DOpp TIL A woman already appeared on U.S. paper currency when Martha Washington was on the $1 dollar silver certificate in 1886
WJEY TIL Ronnie Gibbs, a 15 year old girl with a drug problem, was sentenced to (and is serving) life in prison without parole for having a miscarriage after trying to get clean
D1k8r TIL about the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt were denied from participating. They then decided to start drinking. When they were reinstated, they drove drunk, broke the average speed record and won the race!
Br8Qr TIL in 2000, an Atlanta area sheriff ordered a hit on a rival that defeated him in an election. The hit was carried out by two deputies who were promised promotions.
R5Mw6 TIL that in 2017 former NBA star Kevin Garnett showed up at the sentencing of his accountant Charles Banks to provide him with moral support upon his conviction for defrauding NBA star Tim Duncan of $7.5 million. Garnett later learned that Banks have also defrauded him of $77 million.