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TIL the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s funeral was accused of being a ‘fake’, as he made meaningless hand gestures that did not reflect established signs.

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LkX1r TIL Black Sabbath's debut album in 1970 began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.
d8dkj TIL that Americans spend more time watching other people on television cook than they do cooking themselves.
awj49 TIL that youngest siblings are usually the favorite child
0wArp TIL - Hoag's Object is the only known galaxy shaped like a doughnut. Discovered 1950 by Arthur Hoag it has an older yellow core with an outer ring of young blue stars & nothing in between. To add to the conundrum, at the 1 o'clock position there's a smaller version of the galaxy hidden within itself
p8MX8 TIL of the Navratil twins, whose father had kidnapped them after separating from his wife. He tried to move them to America on the Titanic, but died when the ship sank. The twins were rescued and re-united with their mother after she saw a newspaper picture of them.