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TIL up to 88% of parents of deaf children never learn ASL.
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TIL Onions are eaten and grown in more countries than any other vegetable, with at least 175 countries producing an onion crop. And unlike wheat (the largest global crop by area harvested), the onion is a staple of every major cuisine.
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Today I learned one particular toy army soldier was not depicting a berserk bayoneting but simply crossing a stream.
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TIL The bloodiest day in U.S. Military History was June 6, 1944 with 2,500 deaths. (D-day). The bloodiest day for U.S. born soldiers was Sept. 17, 1862 with 3,675 deaths. (Antietam)
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TIL that despite the extreme cold in Antartica, there is a portion of it at it’s center that has no ice. This is due to a “dry valley” instance where precipitation does not enter (and thus no ice is created).
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TIL that the small pocket on blue jeans was originally designed to hold pocket watches. The pocket dates back to the old west (1879). Cowboys kept their pocket watches on chains and they put the watch in the small pocket, to help protect it.