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TIL Pope Benedict XVI was part of the Hitler Youth

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BKQK 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
R7N84 TIL Leonard Cohen originally wrote 80 draft verses for his song "Hallelujah." He chose several of the most relevant and interchanged some of them depending on where he was playing.
vPwQ4 TIL that profanity is often preserved in people with brain injures, even when other speech is lost, suggesting the brain processes swear words differently from other language.
0J8M TIL eighty percent of all animal species on Earth have six or more legs.
j667p TIL about Deafula (1975), the first ever film performed entirely in American Sign Language. It was released with no audio track in the original release, but later releases include a dub for hearing audiences.