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TIL Darth Vader lost an arm/hand 7 times in total

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gM6K7 TIL that after losing most of his hearing, Ludwig van Beethoven used bone conduction by placing one end of a rod in his mouth and resting the other end on the rim of his piano, which enabled him to hear music through vibrations in his jawbone.
RBY9 TIL of the “Mother in Law Plant” whose poison hinders your ability to speak
wLnbM TIL in 1979, deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The new Sandinista government opened the first school for the deaf, bringing large numbers of deaf children together for the 1st time. Nicaraguan Sign Language is the only language created to have been recorded from its birth.
0w7d1 TIL Nearly 60% of the world’s agricultural land is used for beef production, yet beef accounts for less than 2% of the calories that are consumed throughout the world.
1alor TIL I learned about RAS Syndrome — "Redundant Acronym Syndrome". It's when someone repeats a word used in an acronym/initialism, like "ATM machine", "PIN number", "RAS Syndrome", or "TIL I learned".