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TIL the last monolingual Irish speaker died in 1998

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9OZm TIL that sperm can be derived from bone marrow. Same-sex, and even self-fertilization is plausible.
AD1ZB TIL that there is a Village in Japan whose population decreased from 300 to mere 27 due to depopulation and the locals started using scare-crows to substitute the people who had left or died. These scare-crows are placed everywhere (at bus stops, schools etc.). Today this village has 400 scare-crows
yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
e0L6g TIL That the digits of interstate highways in the USA have meaning. For example, even-numbered highways like I10 and I90 run east-west, while odd-numbered highways like I5 and I95 run north-south.
Zpgvv TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings