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TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century

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jNDLn TIL that comedian Phyllis Diller's first television appearance was on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life". She said she was transitioning from housewife to nightclub performer. She was soon a nationally known star, and Groucho always took great pride in her success.
ELQd TIL a paediatrician was forced to flee her home by vigilantes who confused her job title with “paedophile”
x6OGB TIL that the urethra is an organ.
gM408 TIL that purple is a "non-spectral color", which means that it exists only in our minds: there is no wavelength of light that corresponds to it. Our brain perceives purple when it sees a mixture of strong red and strong blue light, without any green.
JgW4 TIL there is a “Flying Squid” that has “been observed to cover distances as long as 50 m above the surface of the water uniquely utilizing jet-propelled aerial locomotion.”