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TIL John Hart attempted to reform English spelling over 200 years before Noah Webster

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Me0AB TIL Tori Amos, at age 2, could reproduce pieces of music on piano she had only heard once. At 3 years old, she was composing her own songs on piano. She has described seeing music as structures of light since early childhood, an experience consistent with chromesthesia.
JYl7l TIL people from slavic countries such as Poland, Bulgaria, and Ukraine have genetically shallower hip sockets. Colloquially known as "Dalmatian hip" among hip surgeons, this hip structure helps facilitate a deeper squat. The "slav squat" may have a biomechanical basis.
woZE8 TIL the Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 for their mathematical calculations. This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.
ADDow TIL that Norse runes are still in use in parts of Northwestern Portugal.
659J TIL that Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte secured the release of over 30,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps only to be assassinated by Israeli terrorists