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TiL: Being able to speak more than one language helps slow down early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease

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pYn9Z TIL of the Gold Sock Killer, a unidentified Floridian serial killer active only in 1973 who got his moniker for strangling his victims to death with socks; however, a gold-colored sock was only used in two murders.
D1BlP TIL about Eduard Bloch, Hitler's childhood doctor, and a Jew. When Hitler's mother couldn't afford cancer treatment, Bloch reduced his prices. Teenage Adolf declared undying gratitude, and when Austria was annexed, Hitler kept his word and granted the doctor special protection by the Gestapo.
pYEAe Today I learned about independent cities - cities in the United States that have the governmental power of counties and thus do not belong to any county or counties.
LOeV TIL that when the Czech Republic conducted their 2011 census, their government discovered that 15,070 Czechs had listed their religious beliefs as “Jedi”
W71vo TIL that Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State, has been a member of the Kiss Army since 2008