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TIL talking aloud can be a sign of high cognitive function and it is a practice of many high performance people (including professional athletes)

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XkRE TIL that The Riddler almost became the primary villain in The Dark Knight Rises. He would’ve been played by Leonardo DiCaprio
kJArB TIL US President Calvin Coolidge was alarmed at the number of turkeys president's were offered on Thanksgiving. He halted the practice for a short while until 1925 and was then offered a live raccoon 'Rebecca'. He refused to eat her and kept her as a pet at the White House
Z8nrG TIL that the most common last name among American physicians is no longer "Smith", it's "Patel".
4XQdJ TIL The Pirate voice. comes from one person, from Robert Newton's performance in Treasure Island in 1950, an exaggeration of his Cornwall accent.
6POZ TIL The San Francisco Giants eradicated their Seagull problem with a Red Tailed Hawk named “Bruce Lee.”