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TIL some people don't have an "inner monologue"

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ZdnD TIL that in the Himba tribe in Namibia (where they have no word for the color blue) test subjects could not single out a blue square from a group of green squares.
PYQme TIL Pierre Joubert (1701-1814), age 113, was believed to have been the oldest person who ever lived. It was later discovered Pierre died in 1766 at age 65 and his son by the same name died in 1814, causing the confusion
nenGd TIL that in 1993, lawyer Garry Hoy attempted to show that the windows in a building were nearly unbreakable by running into one at full speed. The window was knocked out of its frame and Hoy fell with it to his death. However, the window did not break.
BMne TIL A Megadeath is a unit of measurement. 1 Megadeath = 1 million deaths caused by nuclear explosion. It is also where the band got its namesake.
W70A TIL that there is a country that only exist on the Internet, and anyone can become a citizen!