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TIL Benjamin Zephaniah was expelled from school at 13, illiterate due to dyslexia. He went on to become famous for his poetry and novels.

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X0O1R TIL female ants that are not queens but are able to reproduce are scientifically termed “gamergates”
Egb4X TIL In 1805 British Naval Officer Robert Pigot captured a French pirate vessel and sailed it up the St. Mary’s River between Georgia and Spanish Florida. He engaged Spanish pirates, recovered two British ships and took the Spanish vessel, all while U.S. spectators watched from the riverbank.
PY1Ng TIL Raúl Esparza (ADA Rafael Barba in Law and Order: SVU) has been nominated in all Tony categories for which an actor is eligible.
Ky19 TIL that Apollo lunar rover missions had a “walkback limit” on travel distance so that astronauts would still have time to walk back to the lander if the rover broke down
L5Vv TIL that the National Archives keeps the Nixon White House tapes in a climate controlled vault with hopes that future technological developments could allow for restoration of 18 ½ minutes of missing audio that may have been deliberately erased