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TIL Harvard sentences are 720 sample sentences, in sets of 10, which are phonetically balanced and used for testing phone and voice-to-text systems.

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d8vxE TIL that the word "slacker" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, specifically someone who avoided military service.
V5mm TIL severing the bridge between the hemispheres in your brain causes the two hemispheres to become separate “selves” with different impulses, desires and capabilities.
neDyr TIL that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the building of the Pyramid in Memphis, TN than the building of the Great Pyramids of Egypt
yVd68 TIL currently total global wealth is $450 trillion USD, US government debt is $34 trillion, and the richest 120,000 people in North America have a combined $15 trillion in total wealth.
KOyX4 TIL of Christian Adamek, a 15 year old High School Student that faced criminal charges and possible registration as a Sex Offender after streaking during a High School Football Game, 2 days after the stunt he took his own life.