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TIL the Resident Evil video game franchise was inspired by a conventional (as opposed to zombie) Japanese horror movie called Sweet Home

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gMQn4 TIL it’s impossible to speak coherently if you hear your voice as feedback on a phone call, Zoom, etc. Delayed Auditory Feedback disrupts normal speech causing repetition of syllables, mispronunciations, and omissions. These effects are often referred to as “artificial stuttering”.
8r98 TIL refried beans aren’t fried twice or “fried again”, but its re- prefix comes from the Spanish word “refritos”, meaning well fried.
epal5 TIL the richest man in the world in the 19th century was a merchant in Guangzhou, China
L9Nd TIL while the U.S. grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, such a policy doesn’t exist in Europe. In Europe, being born in a country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship.
0jaM TIL that Roger Federer’s coach, Peter Carter, was killed in a car crash in South Africa in 2002. Every year since 2005, Federer arranges for Carter’s parents to fly out of Adelaide to attend the Australian Open in Melbourne, where they sit in his box, stay at his hotel, and attend the celebrations.