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TIL that the ability to pronounce letters "F" and "V" came from the ancient switch to soft food which resulted in an overbite that resulted in how we say things today.

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vPvpL TIL France banned serving alcohol with school lunches in 1956, but only for kids under 14.
naEW TIL That Russia is about the same size as Pluto
bKw0 TIL an Oregon woman started a 50,000 acre wildfire who later told authorities that her “firefighter friends were bored and needed work.”
nerob TIL in the early 1930s the Irving family on the Isle of Man claimed to be haunted by Gef the Talking Mongoose who would throw stones, ride the bus for the gossip and sing bawdy renditions of "Home on the Range." He described himself as “the fifth dimension...the eighth wonder of the world!”
bDPp TIL the 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. It could be heard 4,000 miles away, and people with in 100 miles had permanent hearing loss.