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

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e04Z5 TIL of “The Petition of the Sharks of Africa.” An 18th Century satirical letter written to the British Parliament asking them NOT to abolish slave trading. The “sharks” were angry that slave ships would no longer sink and asked for mercy so loyal shark subjects wouldn’t starve.
yVLe TIL The reason our voices sound different to us when recorded & played back is due to our skull bones
kObkm TIL That "Alright, alright, alright!" Were the First Words Matthew McConaughey Said on Film
wLGE6 TIL in 2012, a man attempted to pay his traffic ticket with 137 origami dollar bills shaped as pigs, inside of 2 doughnut boxes. The clerk called in police, who required him to unfold every single one to pay his ticket. The event was regarded by the ticketed man as, "The Great Dollar Pig Massacre.".
r9N1 TIL: first case of child abuse was brought to New York court system, by among others, Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. There were no laws against abuse of children. so one of the arguments was that a child is technically an animal