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TIL inner speech can clock in at 4,000 words per minute, 10X faster than verbal speech.

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jNWWa TIL that Bill Hamilton developed modern jetboats since no existing boats could navigate the shallow, fast flowing rivers of New Zealand. He took his boats to the USA for demonstrations amidst criticism from the media. In 1960 his boats became the first and only boats to travel up the grand canyon.
pNYO TIL that Lee Jong-rak created a “baby box”. He built it beside his house to allow parents to deposit their mentally handicapped or unwanted babies, to stop them being abandoned on the side of the road.
gerL TIL of the Iron Pillar of Delhi, a 1600 year old pillar that’s rust-free
QJy0M TIL that when 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' was screened for CBS execs, they told the creators “We’ll play it once and that will be all. Good try.” A drunk animator stood up in the back of the room and shouted 'It's going to run for a hundred years.' It was recently shown for the 52nd year in a row.
XEDr6 TIL that a nursing home in Germany used a fake bus stop outside their facility to keep their patients from trying to escape