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TIL that MTV’s 16 and pregnant has been linked to a decrease in teen pregnancies

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NX7x6 TIL Taushiro, Tanema and Kaixana are the least spoken languages in the world, with only one speaker each. They are languages of Peru, Solomon Islands and Brazil, respectively.
4kbjR TIL that the whistle sound some people make when pronouncing words with “s” is called a whistling sibilant, which is a type of speech impediment. It’s caused when air escapes over the teeth in a way that creates a whistle during sounds like “s” and “z.” Some people casually call it a “whistling S.”
PaoV TIL that adultery is illegal in the U.S. military.
gJvD TIL “If I Ran the Zoo” by Dr. Seuss, published in 1950, is the first recorded instance of the word “nerd.”
kJkXd TIL Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar who played with The Beatles