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TIL That “linguicide” is an actual term that refers to the death of language. Through linguicide, a language goes extinct every two weeks

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69XBX TIL this is P52, a fragment of the Gospel of John written in Greek. The exact date is debated, but the consensus is that it was written around the year AD 125, implying that the Gospels were written down earlier during the first century, when the Apostles still preached (Translation down below)
gbo9 TIL The Lululemon retail chain’s name came from the founder’s desire to watch Japanese people try to pronounce it
bm4N TIL each older brother increases a man’s odds of having a homosexual orientation by 28–48%. This only applies for right-handed men.
0dmjR TIL: In 2013, KFC filed a lawsuit against Hitler, which was a fried chicken stall in Thailand which was similar to KFC's logo, but with Hitler. It gained notoriety when food reviewer Andrew Spooner tweeted an image of the stall. Reportedly, the fried chicken was "pretty good".
7r6wP TIL A lactose intolerant man successfully biohacked himself using a virus to change his DNA and make his intestine produce a lactase