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TIL There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions.

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V9Dk TIL Russia is rapidly depleting its Reserve Fund and is expected to run out of cash in 2017. The fund contained $91.7 Billion at the end of 2014 and contained $32.2 Billion as of September, 2016. The drawdown is largely due to oil prices that continue to lag budgeted targets.
ANDg4 TIL that in 1984, in Mt. Laurel, NJ (25 minutes northeast of Philadelphia, PA), a man released 120 Italian Wall Lizards around his home to combat an insect problem. The insect problem was not fixed and today there are thousands across the County.
x69A5 TIL that George Harrison wrote the song "Something" to his wife, Pattie Boyd. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979, who later wrote "Layla" for her
grBYy TIL the "Elephant's Foot" mass of radioactive material beneath the Chernobyl disaster was so dense that they needed to use armor-piercing rounds fired from an AK-47 rifle to break off samples.
Nm0N TIL NASA conducted a nap study on their pilots. They found that naps provided 34% increase in pilot performance and 100% increase in physiological alertness.