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TIL that Nicaraguan Sign Language was created entirely by deaf children interacting together in a vocational school for the deaf that focused on teaching lipreading & spoken Spanish.

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GAl17 TIL of Bible John, a Scottish serial killer who was never found, who reportedly left torn out pages of the Bible near his victims bodies
dDlVd TIL in Australia there is a free bus service that provides Japanese-style pod hotel beds for homeless people to spend the night
m1WGo TIL that the forerunner of the bicycle, the Dandy horse, was invented largely as a result of the climatic changes brought about in Europe by the explosion of Mount Tambora (1815), which widespread crop failures which have led to the deaths of thousands of horses, means of transport at the time.
N7LaE TIL that penguins propose to their mate during the courtship stage.
69Y9W TIL that dimples on a golf ball first became a feature when William Taylor registered a patent for a dimple design in 1905.