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TIL languages have different conversational representation for barking dogs.

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P17vJ TIL in 2011 Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov collapsed at home from a heart attack & was declared dead. Days later, as she lay in the casket at her own funeral, she woke up. Seeing all the weeping mourners, she began yelling & was rushed to the hospital where she died again 12 minutes later of heart failure.
4XW8X TIL that there is another version of Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut. Richard Donner was the original director before he was replaced with Richard Lester. Only 25% of his filming made it into the original film. Apparently you can buy it on DVD.
ZekY TIL in 1942 RMS Laconia was sunk by a German U-Boat who then commenced rescue operations, broadcasting their humanitarian intent on open radio. With a deck full of survivors, USAAF bombers then sunk the boat. The German navy subsequently abandoned attempting rescue of civilian survivors.
Qo5k TIL that Southern sweet tea was originally used to show wealth, as tea, ice, and sugar were all very expensive at the time.
QNbbL TIL that a googolplex (10^(10^100)) is so large that it's physically impossible to write out in full decimal form. It would require more space than is available in the observable universe.​