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TIL a tribe in Australia who speaks the Kuuk Thaayorre language, perceives time as passing east to west (following the sun's path) as opposed to left to right (following the way we read). They also speak of direction in cardinal terms (NESW) instead of ego-centric terms (left, right, front, back).

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bAQE TIL Through a series of electrocutions to the spinal cord, four patients who were paralyzed from the neck or below, have been given full control of their limbs
yVVBl TIL there is a activity called parahawking that combines paragliding with falconry in which Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals. Parahawking was developed by British falconer Scott Mason in 2001
PYnOe TIL that natural gas, a cheap and available fossil fuel extensively mined in the USA, produces roughly 50% LESS climate changing carbon dioxide than coal, and that most coal-powered power plants can be converted to run on it.
kpx7 TIL that during WWII, Ford profited from its factory in Germany. It used ppl from concentration camps to produce military vehicles for the Nazis. In 1945, the US gov paid Ford $1m for damage to the factory caused by Allied bombings. When Holocaust survivors later sued, Ford got the case dismissed.
RPjw TIL of Agloe, a town that was made up by map-makers for copyright purposes. Then a store was built there and the owners called it the Agloe General Store, based on the name on their map. Because a store was built there, the fake town was regarded as real decades after the store went out of business.