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TIL South Korea went from a 22% literacy rate in 1945, to a 87% literacy rate in 1970

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og8Y TIL that two independent groups of researchers have shown that promoting random people to management is more effective than standard promotion methods like merit or seniority.
E1Wjx Today I Learned How Dumb America Is!
grOoL TIL Enya's music "Only Time" re-entered the Billboard Top 100 reaching number 43, thirteen years after the original release thanks to it being featured in Volvo's Epic Split commercial with Jean-Claude Van Damme
7aJM TIL 700,000 people in japan that are so far withdrawn from society they do not leave their house. Very interesting article.
QNaJX TIL English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys named their first album Please so people could go into record shops and say "Can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, please?"