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TIL: Fish VS Fishes. Fish is used for plural fish of same species. Fishes is plural for multiple fish of different species.

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ap9J TIL: That an estimated (more than) one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Frederick “Fred” Cossom Hollows, AC (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993), a New Zealand and Australian ophthalmologist
neAk7 TIL Despite a relatively short career before his death, every film actor John Cazale was in was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture from The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, and his final film The Deer Hunter
awOE9 TIL An estimated one in every six professional football players files for bankruptcy within 12 years of retiring
dAEK TIL New York City is turning its old payphones into “time machines:” Pick up a payphone, call 1-855-FOR-1993 and hear a story, about what that neighborhood was like 20 years ago.
MjgB TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with: men’s pace slows down by an average of 7% when walking w/ female partners they’re interested in; women walking together move the slowest; & men walking w/ male friends moved at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.