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TIL: Dolly Parton has a book gifting program called the Imagination Library, which gifts free books every month to children, from birth until school

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PYZ4n TIL How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name, between 1865 and 1910, 40 percent of the South's population suffered from hookworms. Thousands of worms could live in a person at one time. These parasites and the constant bloodsucking made an infected person pale, tired and slow, leading to stunted growth.
WkjGB TIL that the Karens are not just middle aged, nosy, soccer moms with bad haircuts. They are actually one of many ethnic groups that are subject to persecution and repression by the military junta in Burma.
5YjMQ TIL when Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs first opened in 1916, the owner hired people to dress as doctors and eat hot dogs outside his shop, to convince people his hot dogs were healthy.
W7JN TIL an heir to the Jameson whiskey company bought a 10-year old girl in the Congo and gave her to cannibals so he could document how she was prepared and eaten.
jNNM TIL there is a cruise ship named “The World” where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.