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TIL that the islands of St Helena and Tristan da Cunha has its own dialect of English called the South Atlantic English, complete with its unique non-standard grammar

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WpJ4 TIL that at age 9, Ron McNair, the African-American astronaut later killed in the Challenger explosion in 1986, refused to leave a segregated public library after the librarian rejected his request to check out some books. The police were called, as was his mother.
BB8e TIL J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat
woMK1 TIL there is a term for phobia of other people’s opinion of you. It’s called Allodoxaphobia and it can be treated through therapy
jN16R TIL there is reportedly $2 million worth of treasure hidden in the Rocky Mountains. The man who claims he stashed it there says he did it to cheer people up after the Great Recession. Critics say he’s making it all up just to sell copies of his memoirs
x6KWg TIL shed antler hunting is illegal in many places