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TIL more people own a phone than a toothbrush

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Jbxl TIL of a community of ex-slaves that spoke their native language and carried on their tribal customs and traditions into the 1950s in Alabama.
OGB56 TIL the loudest human voice belongs to Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher with the ability to shout the word "Quiet!" at 121.7 dB
6DeZ TIL in 1999 a guy bought 12,150 servings of pudding ($3,140) and in return earned 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles.
rNeNx TIL Canada has a town called Swastika, named in 1906, inspired by the spiritual symbol. During WWII, the gov't renamed it "Winston", but the residents refused. They reinstalled the old sign, with a message: “To hell with Hitler, we came up with our name first.” It's still called Swastika today.
R7A7j TIL that Disney's Home on the Range was originally scripted as a film called Sweating Bullets. Instead of talking animals, it was about a nervous cowboy who goes to a ghost town to face off against an undead cattle hustler named Slim.