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TIL: Despite implications to the contrary, the USA spends more money on education, per student, than any other country in the world. Funding isn’t the problem in the US

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e0W0g TIL that working memory operates phonologically which helps Chinese speaking people to remember more digits than English speakers because Chinese number words are all single syllables whereas words in English aren’t.
yQDa TIL that “Uncle Sam” is an imitation of a British recruiting poster featuring Lord Kitchener.
j6KGp TIL that the cloud of dust or smoke left behind a fast moving or running comic strip character is called a "briffit" and is usually accompanied by two following lines called "hites" to indicate movement.
vvMD TIL The current flag of the USA was designed by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B-
npVd TIL the Grim Reaper was most commonly depicted carrying a scythe as imagery to death was an extension of an agrarian society in which harvesting, done in the fall, represented the death of another year.