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

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kJdR4 TIL That the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) doesn’t sanction a national championship for Division 1 FBS football.
Oodxe TIL Guinness beer and Guinness book of world records is the same company (though not officially related anymore)
XELE8 TIL Musician Ed Sheeran cured his childhood stammer by rapping to Eminem. He went on to win an award from the American Stuttering Institute.
Rkn8 TIL that composer Charles Ives proposed that a 20th Amendment should be added to the U.S. Constitution that allowed people to submit legislative proposals to Congress. Members of Congress would then cull the proposals, selecting 10 each year as referendums for popular vote by the nation’s electorate
d85gZ TIL the novelization of the original "Star Wars" film was called "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker" and was published before the movie was released. The novel included the first reference to Emperor Palpatine (who wasn't mentioned in the film), and various other discrepancies.