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TIL on average, people speak 16,000 words daily

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Jyb4 TIL Birds that live close to the ground have low pitched calls that burst with chatter, allowing the sound to cut through ground clutter effectively. Birds that live high in trees have long, high pitched calls more suited for traveling long distances through the air.
W7YYd TIL that oyster farming dates back more than 2,000 years to the Romans and that one acre of an oyster farm can filter up to 72 million litres of water per day.
5YOW9 TIL - In Brazil the term "Goal for Germany"(gol da alemanha) is now used if something terrible is happening to you.
6EDB8 TIL that the assertion that the human body completely replaces itself (cellular renewal) in 7-10 years, is a myth. I.e neurons in the cerebral cortex not only last your entire lifetime, they are never replaced.
RVDl TIL: For mother’s day in Serbia the Children “Sneak into their mum’s room in the morning to tie her feet with ribbons so that she can’t get up out of bed”…