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TIL - Michael, a gorilla that could use sign language to communicate, described seeing his mother shot.

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VMoA8 TIL NASA conducted a series of arduous tests on 11 deaf men to study the impact of motion sickness on astronauts after discovering that people who became deaf as a result of spinal meningitis didn’t suffer from motion sickness because of the impact of the illness on their inner ear physiology
GAyW5 TIL that the Tower of Babel was built to avoid a second flood by the descendants of Noah, who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other.
BrQdy TIL research conducted in recent years found that special tongue and throat exercises can strengthen up the area so it stays clear while you sleep, therefore significantly reducing snoring.
074R TIL that the technical term of an “L-shaped” enter key is the “big-ass enter”
gyKb TIL of the Greenland shark, that eats polar bears, and can live up to 500 years old.