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TIL that the 'inner-voice' of most life-long & completely deaf people is seeing/feeling themselves acting out sign language

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78Bdp TIL that men stop buying underwear during tough economic times, making it a nifty leading indicator for recession.
wOx1 TIL a group of ‘internet vigilantes’ (nerds from the midwest) convinced a group of Nigerian e-mail scammers to travel to war torn Chad in order to pick up their money, effectively stranding them in Chad for 109 days.
kJrvm TIL a United States government contract to create synthetic rubber gave birth to Silly Putty.
Wge8 TIL that Michael Keaton was so against Batman Forever, that even $15 M couldn’t sway him to reprise his role.
7r8XX TIL the 1940 Winter Olympics were originally given to Japan. They declined the games due to the start of the Sino-Japanese War. Eventually they were awarded to Germany. Three months later, Germany invaded Poland. The games were canceled altogether.