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TIL that the United States has over 350 languages.

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pY47O TIL in 2018 a Missouri deer hunter convicted of poaching hundreds of deer was forced to watch the animated film “Bambi” once a month for the duration of his one year prison sentence
69DJw TIL of the "Simplified Spelling Board," a movement to simplify English spelling (e.g. "proceed" -> "procede", "bureau" -> "buro") in the early 20th century, notably supported by then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
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