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TIL Korean is a language isolate; having developed independent of all other languages. It is the largest language isolate by a wide margin

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OGykY TIL of Francis Wharton. A British Columbia woodsman who killed a deer and made dentures of its teeth, then ate the deer using its own teeth.
VMvOB TIL That Russia had fair elections in 1917 and the Bolsheviks lost to the Socialist Revolutionary Party, but the Bolsheviks shortly stripped the Constituent Assembly of it's power and implemented their own one-party rule.
yQ9Pp TIL the Dutch were at war with the Sicily isles for over 300 years, from 1651-1985 because people forgot that the war was never ended
lPaA TIL there is a place in Africa (Afar Triangle) where giant gaping cracks will randomly and suddenly form that shoot out blasts of superheated air at 750 degrees Fahrenheit.
e1jL TIL: Chris Hadfield (the first Canadian to walk in space and one time commander of the ISS) recorded the first music video in space. Before he handed over command of the ISS in May 2013, he paid tribute to David Bowie by recording his version of Space Oddity.