Post * 1aGW4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that deaf people who speak ASL (???????? Sign Language) are unable to understand those who speak BANZSL (???????? + ???????? + ????????). There is only a 31% overlap between the two languages, meaning that even though their respective countries speak English, their deaf communities are unable to communicate.

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QW5X TIL the co-creator of Tetris brutally murdered his family because he never received any money from the success of Tetris.

lorv1 TIL of highway robbery. 50 k/31 miles of highway was stolen, with over 7000 concrete slabs dismantled and sold for private profit by an official in Russia's Komi region

ANawg TIL The longest recreational trail in North America, and the world, is not the Appalachian or Pacific Coast Trail, it is the The Trans Canada Trail. It is 15,000 miles long and it stretches from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans.

lonrK TIL a farmer hid the construction and existence of a 4-bedroom castle under a huge pile of hay bales for 6 years. When he thought he’d outlasted the statute of limitations, he unveiled it to the public, the city council found out, and immediately ordered its destruction.

QJpyd TIL that Piranha 2 director, James Cameron, was the first person to make a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.