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TIL there is a dialect of German only spoken in Texas

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PYlZZ TIL in 1840's New York, a man would walk up to strangers, acting as an old acquaintance. Gaining their trust, he asked, "Have you the confidence to trust me with your watch until tomorrow?" He would never return. When arrested, he was dubbed the "Confidence Man", the origin of the term "Con Man".
xVv5b TIL Despite being apex predators, orcas do not see humans as prey and they are even docile to them in some circumstances. There are no modern reports of fatalities caused by wild orcas.
6EPA7 TIL in 2005 a 73-year-old Kenyan man killed a leopard with his bare hands by ripping its tongue out
Brloy TIL Dave Grohl does not know how to read music, and plays only by ear
1Xdd TIL Seattle has a lower rate of child Polio vaccination than Rwanda.