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TIL that the current T6 generation Ford Ranger was actually developed by Ford Australia 🇦🇺

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GAMpG TIL: Flyting was a medieval contest of insults between two parties often conducted in verse. Insults would involve calling them cowardly or insulting their sexual prowess. Some Kings encourage "court flyting" between poets for entertainment. In some cultures, warriors would flyt before battle.
5YQDP TIL Despite the widespread success of his song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," Solomon Linda never received a cent of its royalties and died poor in 1962. He didn't even get a gravestone until 18 years after his death.
4kKvg TIL-Alexander the Great most likely suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and in all probability, was buried alive!
9YWym TIL that the dreams of still being in school, failing a test and similar school related dreams are among the top 10 for people of any age worldwide.
vKrK TIL Researchers placed a human language-gene FoxP2 into mice – finding their vocalization to change, and their speech-related brain regions to increase plasticity and branching