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TIL the 20th century saw a dramatic global literacy surge, largely due to a focus on basic education.

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6k77 TIL in 1988 a one-eyed pilot landed a Boeing 737 on a narrow grass levee after dual engine failure. No one was seriously injured. The plane was repaired at the site of the landing, and remained in service until December, 2016.
XEDnr TIL the sea route that Titanic sunk on should have been populated by many other ships, which could have saved victims of the sinking, however, ships transferred their coal to Titanic in port so she could make the date of her voyage, resulting in the area being virtually isolated when Titanic sunk.
gKoA TIL According to a 2007 study from researchers at the University of Copenhagen; All blue eyed people can be traced back to one person who lived near the Black Sea 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
0wOBL TIL about Memory of Mankind, a sophisticated time capsule project in Austria designed to last a million years. The designers made a system for the capsule to be discovered by a future society and even planned for the possibility of it being discovered by alien life.
Bgd7x TIL a Yale study found that gunshot wounds to the head or other penetrating brain injuries have a 42% chance of survival