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TIL: Irish is an "endangered language" with less than 80,000 native speakers left

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xVOoo TIL the common pigeon is the 7th fastest animal on the planet. The cheetah ranks 12th.
86LK TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was investigated by the FBI for 31 months on suspicion that the lyrics were secretly obscene, but no lyrics were ever printed and it was dropped when they were deemed unintelligible. The drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck!’ at 0:54 after dropping his drumsticks.
awoLb TIL alligators are scared of humans and it's usually safe to swim in most alligator infested waters. A 2010 report tallied all the reported alligator attacks over the 81 years from 1928 to 2009. It found there were only 24 deaths from alligators in the United States, most of them in Florida.
JY4kB Today I learned that Shaquille O’Neal was offered the role of John Coffey in the "Green Mile", but he declined.
r9Bw TIL that paleontologists have no idea how dinosaurs had sex