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TIL there’s a village in Nigeria where men and women speak different words for the same things

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Brg9W TIL: That the Davy Crockett nuclear device was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built and was designed to be shot from a recoilless rifle delivering a yield of 10-20 tons TNT equivalent.
QJAkL TIL that the reason people pace, clean, doodle, etc while on the phone is we are used to getting “feedback” from that person – hand gestures, body postures, and facial expressions. When we can't see them, our body reacts to the lack of visual feedback by making unconscious moves.
4E05 TIL that a gay Communist American was kicked out of his party for being gay, and later kicked out of a gay rights group for being a Communist.
L0ZV TIL a lady passed away because a supervisor had told the coworker trying to resuscitate her to stop, and “get back on the phone and take care of customers.”
vPpBR TIL Picasso stayed in Paris throughout out WWII. During one search of his apartment, a Nazi officer saw a photograph of the painting Guernica. "Did you do that?" the German asked Picasso. "No," he replied, "You did."