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TIL that people in Columbus Ohio (area) speak the “Clearest” English in the United States

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jNNDM Addicted to books? The Germans have a word for you.
M7grb TIL though it's long been prized for its clarity and luxurious feel, "crystal glass," also called Lead Glass, contains up to 40% lead by mass. It has been proposed that the historic association of gout with the upper class was, in part, caused by their extensive use of lead crystal to store alcohol.
nWre9 TIL - Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe caused their currency to be abandoned as worthless in favour of the dollar. Zimbabwe's peak month of inflation was estimated at 79.6 billion percent month-on-month, 89.7 sextillion percent year-on-year in mid-November 2008
awOkM TIL that evidence shows that a portion of a mountain in Pennsylvania was once connected to the same mountain in Morocco
1a0N7 TIL Saudi Arabia didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 2016.