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TIL a linguist in Minnesota spoke only Klingon to his son for the first three years of his life, as an experiment in language acquisition.

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v18jx TIL of Congressman Lucas Miller who proposed an amendment renaming the United States of America to the United States of the Earth in 1893. He also proposed abolishing the Army and Navy.
mx1QR TIL businessman Armand Hammer got asked so much if he worked at Arm & Hammer, he bought enough stock in the company to get on their board of directors
BZvK TIL a woman in 3rd class on The Titanic was more likely to survive than a man in 1st class.
mxNLE TIL that the Soviets set up fake border posts at the Czechoslovak borders in order to trick emigrants, making them think they were already in Germany. Once comfortable, they would talk to an "American" agent, revealing their contacts.
rNp1o TIL Muammar Gaddafi was a fan of Beethoven and read books like Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Outsider