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TIL of Poto and Cabengo, two girls who were emotionally neglected by their family from birth and invented their own language as a result.

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6ERrY TIL in 2007, the Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill declaring the watermelon as the official state vegetable.
NP5E TIL archeologists can determine the region of the world a skeleton is from by looking at the isotopes in the teeth.
eZaD TIL in ancient Egypt, men could take time off of work to care for menstruating wives and daughters.
dDvLK TIL Charles de Gaulle was not told about the D-Day landings until 2 days before as the British and French leaders did not believe the French could keep the information secret.
R7Pw1 TIL that the largest fully-functional pipe organ in the world is in a Macy's in Philadelphia.