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TIL there is a constructed language that can be spoken, signed, played musically, written as words or numbers, drawn as shapes, or painted. It’s called Solresol.

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QJxV9 TIL Diarrhea kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined; the depletion of bodily fluids from Diarrhea can cause "profound" dehydration, killing thousands of kids everyday.
dOAB TIL Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was hit by lightning seven times. He died suicide at the age of 71.
79JZ TIL that author John Steinbeck was investigated by the FBI for being acquaintances with leftists and attempting to write a novel exposing the conditions in Japanese concentration camps in 1943.
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d8AKK TIL of Laika, the first dog to go into space. The satellite that transported Laika was never intended to return, and Laika died within hours of leaving Earth. The space mission sparked a debate across the globe on the mistreatment of animals and animal testing for scientific causes.