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TIL the type of speech used by Kim Kardashian and other young women, dragging on the end of words is actually called “Vocal Fry”, and is considered a speech disorder amongst speech pathologists

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nWoNb TIL: There is a Japanese martial art of combative swimming called Suijutsu. Various styles existed such as the Iwakura Ryū which has techniques for unusual situations such as eating while in water and many schools taught methods of swimming in armor.
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