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TIL there is a constructed language named Kēlen which was made as an attempt to create a truly “non-human” language.

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rgmy TIL Coffin Torpedoes were invented in the 1800s to prevent grave robberies. They fired if the coffin was opened.
Maw0 TIL: Neerja Bhanot, a 22-year-old Indian air hostess who helped hide 41 American passports aboard a hijacked plane. She died shielding three children from gunfire and was posthumously awarded bravery medals from India, Pakistan, and the United States.
rRO5y TIL of Percy Terry, an American amateur researcher who tried to invent a bulletproof ointment in 1915. He tested his invention on himself by shooting his own face, resulting in a punctured cheek and a second try by shooting his own head with a gun which resulted in his death
OoBl7 TIL a man was told to take off his white shoes before entering a Komodo Dragon enclosure so that they weren’t mistaken for mice. The Dragon bit the shoeless man’s foot and the man lost a toe
4XYrX TIL that Elton John played piano on the Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"