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TIL that Philipinos speak hundreds of languages, the main one of which is Tapsilog!

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JYYpm TIL Kim Peek (Rain Man) was able to split his vision so that each eye reads its corresponding page, allowing him to read both pages at once.
e0gXg TIL that in 1978, and architecture student discovered the Citigroup Center in NYC was susceptible to strong winds due to it being on stilts. Renovations to address the issue were done during a newspaper strike at night while employees were at home. This work was largely unkown unknown until 1995!
nnrd TIL the “Spanish Flu” was so called because during WWI the warring countries censored the news of the plague to maintain morale while neutral Spanish didn’t.
e0pY4 TIL when Arthur Rubinstein was invited to play for delegates at the 1945 inauguration of the UN, he was so angry that neither a Polish delegation nor a Polish flag was included, he made his point by performing the Polish national anthem extremely slowly and loudly.
D1Dve TIL that ocean gets its smell from a compound called dimethylsulphide which is produced from microorganisms in ocean