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TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

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JYR9Q TIL that there is a group of languages called Khoisan that are know for there clicking sound for consonants, the largest of which called Khoe has over 250,000 speakers in Namibia.
WJa9 TIL that George Orwell would be considered a terrorist by today’s British government
YpZmG TIL that the rights to the original Captain Marvel have been owned by DC Comics since 1972. However, trademark conflicts with Marvel have resulted in DC marketing the hero under the name, "Shazam!"
jNMPR TIL that Schizophrenic deaf people do not hear voices. They see disembodied hands signing to them.
X0o6D TIL cockroaches can survive radiation because their cells don't divide constantly like human's. "Cells are most sensitive to radiation when they are dividing" and a cockroach molts at most once a week.