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TIL: Chifforobe is not spelled Shiftrobe.

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yQQVX TIL that 80% of the population of the Australian mining town of Coober Pedy live underground
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VMjEk TIL Philippines thru the Debt for Nature Swap got a $18.6 M debt relief from World Wildlife Fund & USAID in exchange for doing 4 Separate Environmental Projects ( 1988-93) in El Nido National Park, Mt. Isarog National Park, Tubathaha Reef National Park & other heritage sites
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D1W0v TIL about Logorrhea, a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency. This disorder is also known as press speech. Sometimes classified as a mental illness, though it is more commonly classified as a symptom of mental illness or brain injury.