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TIL that the Mexican language of Ayapa Zoque has only two native speakers left, and they refuse to talk to each other.

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P9ye TIL When the battle of Stalingrad seemed lost for the Germans, Hitler expected his General, F. Paulus, to commit suicide. His response was: “I have no intention of shooting myself for this Bohemian corporal”. Paulus surrendered in Feb 2, 1943.
loE7a TIL of the legend of the French shepherd boy who hid his milk curds and bread in a cave to chase a beautiful girl. Although he lost the girl, a few weeks later he discovered his milk curds had become a tasty cheese with veins of a blue mold. Roquefort cheese is still made from the same mold.
0dROp TIL The sign commemorating Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was killed in 1955 by two white men in Mississippi, had to be replaced with a bulletproof one because it had been repeatedly vandalized—first stolen, then shot at, then shot at again leaving it riddled with bullet holes
4kmYN TIL that 42 buildings in New York City have their own zip code. It's either because of their size, the money they generate, or the number of people who work in them.
ngW7 TIL the black edges on traditional black forest ham are caused by the ham being dipped in cow blood prior to cooking