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KOwQQ TIL Korean has 7 speech levels,each with different verb endings & vocab., reflecting formality/politeness.The highest, used for talking to royalty, is archaic but still used in historical dramas.The hagache level is now rarer, mostly used in novels. Middle management/bureaucrats sometimes use haoche
4j5X TIL someone who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about is called an ultracrepidarian
4kRPX TIL How a Modified Iraqi Dassault Falcon 50 Business Jet almost Sank a US Navy Frigate
NX58J TIL Edward G. Robinson spoke seven languages and used atleast six of them to deliver anti-Nazi speeches from London during the Second World War. Additionally Robinson was the first movie star to entertain the troops in Normandy, crossing the channel less than a month after the invasion.
14xP TIL the five deadliest animals in Australia are – in order – horses, cows, dogs, kangaroos, and bees.