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TIL that there are tounge-twisters in sign language.

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7rBMp TIL that the Sheriff of Nottingham from the Disney version of Robin Hood was supposed to be a goat, but was changed to a wolf because the director wanted to stick to traditional animal stereotypes.
ADYKx TIL pine trees scatter their needles across the forest floor to make it easier for fires to burn all of the other trees - pine is fire resistant so it survives.
OwPe TIL of Ikenna Njoku whom Chase issued a check to and when he tried to cash it they called the cops saying the check was fake. He was stuck in jail losing his job and having his car towed then sold off all while being innocent.
KYmeJ TIL Western Union was involved in the recovery of bodies after the Titanic sank. The CS Minia, a cable laying ship owned by Western Union was one of 4 ships sent to recover the dead.
8e4BZ TIL In 2005, a scholar made an off hand suggestion that Niccolo Machiavelli may have been abused by his latin teacher, Paolo Sassi. This caused controversy, with another scholar defending Sassi's "upright moral standing". Years later, new evidence showed that Sassi was indeed a predator