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TIL autistic savant Daniel Tammet learned Icelandic in just one week, and then went through a live interview on national TV in the language

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OGjrL TIL Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan's Island) has spent the last 20 years teaching children to read
BvL TIL Jimmy Carter supports gay marriage because “Jesus never said gay people should be condemned”.
b6PkE TIL a burrowing tarantula from South America 'keeps frogs as pets'. The frog seeks shelter and protection from the spider, in return eating insects inside the burrow that would eat the spiders eggs
D9WY TIL that after the 1991 START I treaty between the US and the USSR, the US chopped 365 B52 bombers into 5 pieces each using a 13,000lb steel blade dropped from a crane. It then left the pieces there for 3 months so that Russian satellites could verify their destruction.
n7B9 TIL the word “moot” does not mean “pointless”; rather, it means “up to argument or discussion”.