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TIL that America has an infrastructure grade of a D. Records report that the grade hasn’t changed since 2013 but hopes to see improvements by 2025

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yQl9e TIL the Egyptians likely used water to build the pyramids instead of land ramps or aliens.
NNBN TIL that the Soviet Union had a children’s program at 8:30 every weeknight that would end with a lullaby at 9:00 telling kids it’s time to go to bed. This program still airs to this day in Russia.
D1vBJ TIL that green beans are the unripe, young fruit of the same bean plant that gives us kidney beans.
xVQ10 TIL In 1803, a group of Japanese fishermen encountered a strange boat containing a young woman described as beautiful and strange. She had red eyebrows, about 18 or 20 years old, at a height of 1.5 meters, with pale skin and red hair. The frightened fishermen returned her to the sea
BrEOW TIL In 2018, the President of Liberia declared that the University of Liberia and all other public universities in Liberia tuition free, making Liberia an example to other African nations on the continent