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TIL that 19 percent of adults in the U.S. cannot read a newspaper or complete a job application and 50 percent of U.S. adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level

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wLLgJ TIL that nearly all citrus fruits are hybrids of four original species
b9XwQ TIL Wham!'s single "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" is the highest-selling single ever to peak at #2 in the UK charts. They were kept from #1 by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Wham! donated all the royalties from "Last Christmas" to the Ethiopian famine appeal, Band Aid's cause.
yVyWw TIL -40° Celsius is the same temperature as -40 Fahrenheit°.
wkNM TIL that a movie director faced life in prison because his movie looked so realistic people thought the actors were actually filmed while being murdered. That is until they showed up in court. The film remains banned and/or heavily edited in several countries to this day.
VMmGZ TIL in 2015 due to soaring demand for beheadings, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia advertised for 8 new executioners. A low end civil service job, the main duties are, "executing a judgement of death" and amputations.