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TIL Deaf people often 'think' in sign language. They have never 'heard' words so don't develop an internal monologue like others do.

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N7LBe TIL that the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are the opposite of those in the Southern Hemisphere. This means that in Argentina and Australia, winter begins in June.
lovdN TIL Doris Day believed she was born in 1924 until her 95th birthday, when the Associated Press found a birth certificate with the year 1922 on it
EPGp TIL In an order to break a price barrier, indian engineers has come up with the world’s cheapest phablet ($20), which is as powerful as the original iPad but also has slots for USB and MicroSD devices, a camera, and twice the memory.
v1Y7r TIL People with Capgras syndrome have an irrational belief that someone they know or recognize has been replaced by an imposter. Capgras syndrome is what's known as a delusional misidentification and is most commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
DoeP TIL: Mary Bowser, a freed slave with a Quaker education and a photographic memory, posed as a slow witted slave to spy for the Union in Confederate president Jefferson Davis’ household through much of the Civil War.