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TIL that Lionel Logue, the speech therapist featured in The King’s Speech, used fees paid to him by wealthy clients to subsidize patients who could not afford to pay

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DQ0jr TIL about William Hoy, the most accomplished deaf player in MLB history. He couldn’t hear the umpire’s ball & strike calls, & the stadium had no scoreboard for him to follow the count. So, the third-base coach signaled to him by raising his left index finger for a ball, the right for a strike.
apNo TIL that the only infixes in the English language are obscenities like fuckin’, as in “Un-fuckin’-believable”
9Yvr7 TIL of the worst crash in motor sports history at the 1955 Le Mans race. A car broke apart and flew into the stands, with its hood decapitating spectators like a guillotine. In the aftermath, varying reports claim 65-120 were killed. The link contains graphic content.
obDY TIL that bread did not exist in Japan until 1543, when it was brought to the archipelago by Portuguese missionaries. The new food was initially popular, but disappeared once the country cut ties with the west. It would not be eaten again until the 19th century.
rRyNe TIL that some people do not have an internal monologue. I can’t imagine making it through a single day without having the voice in my head.