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TIL Texas has its own dialect of German, and it’s close to extinction

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wojW1 TIL that the two great baroque composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel were both blinded by the same eye surgeon and known medical charlatan, John Taylor
Z84oQ TIL: about Georgia Tan, the director of the Children’s Home Society, who became wealthy by kidnapping over 5,000 children and selling them for a steep profit. 500 children died under her care in Memphis, TN
LQVJr TIL The Earth is 5% greener today than 20 years ago
JYeRj TIL that some 30,000 Year Old Cave Paintings Are Actually Animations
VBj9p TIL that the endangered/threatened listing of marine mammals and (most) fish is managed by the US Secretary of Commerce… 😑