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TIL that 14% of the US adult population could not read in 2013

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R8bQ TIL that a man who spent 6 months in jail after being falsely accused of murder was set free when his attorney established his alibi by finding him in outtake footage from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” which was shooting at a Dodgers game.
M7EE8 TIL of Abu Zubaydah, a detainee of Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years. He has never been charged and has been tortured, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month
JYXlm TIL: Before electricity, theatrical groups would heat up calcium oxide, also known as quicklime, for stage lighting. This is where the expression “in the limelight” originates from. People use to literally be in the limelight.
l708r TIL that while cleaning up from the World Trade Centers falling, crews found a shipwreck 7ft below the foundation that dated back to 1773
Vo6m TIL: Scientists wired two rats’ brains together and the result was mutual problem solving: “We created a new central nervous system made of two brains.”