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TIL that the English language doesn’t have any official authority or academy

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neZ0o TIL Paul Castellano, the future head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly ordered the 1975 murder of Vito Borelli, the boyfriend of his daughter Constance, because he compared him to Frank Perdue, the owner and spokesperson for Perdue Farms, and felt insulted
dDY7j TIL that the scientific name for the genus of gorillas is Gorilla. The species western gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla. The subspecies western lowland gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
x6180 TIL that Bumblebees are capable of flying at altitudes higher than Mount Everest!
Kbn9 TIL a man who became paralysed after a motorcycle accident gave money raised for an operation that could allow him to be able to walk again to a young boy who suffered from Cerebral Palsy so the boy could take his first steps.
RM46 TIL that one of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist, a fact which baffled contemporary critics.