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TIL people think more rationally in their second language and make better choices.

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XKWR TIL that once a year since 1909, congress plays a baseball games on party lines. Some have hit homeruns out of MLB regulation parks in their 70’s. Wins: Democrats 39, Republicans 41, Ties: 1
Y7pVZ TIL around Jesus' time, Nazareth had a population of around 400. Now it's close to 80,000.
0ep TIL that due to “Red” and “Read” not being homophones in Italian, French and German, the answer to the riddle “What is black & white and red all over?” is answered with the name of a Communist newspaper.
7rLVb TIL Australian adventurer Francis Birtles in 1927 became the first man ever to drive from England to Australia by car
D1jlr TIL that the long-standing notion of late WWII 'Kamikaze' pilots as hyper-nationalist zealots was largely fiction. Many pilots were reluctantly drawn from the educated and liberal in Japan, and many expressed frustration at the futility of their nation's cause and the sanctity of the Emperor.