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TIL that only 13% of Singaporeans speak their National Language at home

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b9oW7 TIL that James Cameron received a 'snarky' email from Neil DeGrasse Tyson regarding star placement in the movie Titanic. He complained they wouldn't have been the same ones as in 1912. James Cameron agreed to fix it.
LQVvm TIL about the Gardner museum heist, the biggest art theft in history, still unsolved and with a $10 million dollar reward for information leading to arrests and recovery of the stolen art.
ep6y6 TIL sonar is lethal. At 235 decibels, the vibrations can rupture your lungs and cause brain hemorrhaging.