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TIL up to 88% of parents of deaf children never learn ASL.

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JYGnj TIL There are no such thing as kangaroo farms, all kangaroo meat served in grocery stores and restaurants around the world is sourced from wild populations
dQjK TIL New Jersey lifeguards can retire when they’re 45 years old with a lifelong pension of up to $61,000.00/year. And when they die, the payments continue on to their dependents
4k88J TIL that purple became associated with royalty due to a shade of it named Tyrian purple, which was created using the mucous glands of Murex snails. Even though it smelled horrible, this pigment was treasured in ancient times as a dye because its intensity deepened with time instead of fading away.
eZ6g TIL When Turkey objected to the inclusion of Mount Ararat located on Turkish territory on Armenian’s soviet coat of arms Nikita Khrushchev replied “Why do you have a moon depicted on your flag? After all, the moon doesn’t belong to Turkey”
0y5M TIL Mila Kunis was 14 years old when she auditioned for “That 70’s Show”. She said she’d be 18 on her birthday, but never said which birthday