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TIL Dave Chappelle’s grandfather really was in the Tuskegee experiments.

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lodKG TIL the last two fluent speakers of the ancient dying language Ayapaneco aren’t talking to each other. Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, only live 500 metres apart in a small village in Tabasco but refuse to speak as they can’t stand each other’s company.
a0xb TIL the Nazis dressed up political prisoners in Polish military uniforms, faked an attack on the German border, and shot the prisoners to justify the invasion of Poland the very next day.
NXVnM TIL Sour Patch Kids are shaped as Martians and were initially called "Mars Men" back in the 70s to capitalize on the space enthusiasm of the time.
YpYbv [TIL]There's only one female crash dummy. Women are 74% more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash in the US.
M7QZb TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h).