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TIL North Korea’s literacy rate is 100%, according to the CIA

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78DJL TIL Home Alone was responsible for making Kevin the number one name in Germany in 1991. Later, the name became associated with low social status in the country, which led to the coining of the German word, Kevinismus, meaning the negative preconception German people give to trendy exotic names
XELxE TIL Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" was co-written by Bruce Hornsby, and Bruce Hornsby played the piano for the studio album; both artists perform this song at their concerts.
QXle TIL NYC has a secret, off-limits island graveyard that is home to over 1 million bodies.
wLKm8 TIL Steve Jobs in 8th grade called then CEO of HP, Bill Hewlett for parts of his project to build a frequency counter and Bill not only agreed to give him parts but also offered a job at HP, assembling frequency counters.
6Ej1X TIL that humans can regenerate some of their organs through a process called compensatory hypertrophy. When part of the liver is removed or destroyed, the remaining portion grows to the original size and allows the liver to function as it did before. Kidneys and lungs can also similarly compensate.