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TIL the last surviving rescue dog from 9/11 died in 2015

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wLva7 TIL A language typically can’t survive past 8,000 or 9,000 years, since it’s common for languages to mix and get replaced by other more influential languages or morph into new ones altogether.
OoXMa TIL For unknown reasons, people who smoke and people who are taking oral contraceptives, are less likely to develop canker sores.
Eep TIL a British woman with severe Tourettes Syndrome owns a website where she records her own favorite vocal tics, and asks people to illustrate their favorites. Examples: “Batman breast fed my mum,” and “Roman velociraptor training scheme, artichoke speaking.”
58Mr TIL that the original lyric in the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil was “I shouted out ‘Who killed Kennedy?’ This had to be changed to "I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?’” after RFK was assassinated while the song was being recorded.
aR7b TIL: French schoolchildren use a 3D-printed clitoris to learn about female pleasure during sexual education