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TIL a study shows that 47% of french horn players report hearing loss

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BGx TIL that Google Talk has a feature that translates your chat into another language in real time.
kJnam TIL the tiny island of Hatoma in the Ryukyu archipelago saved its only school by accepting students from mainland Japan who can’t attend a local school due to stress or mental difficulties
XExg6 TIL the grandmother of Drew Barrymore, Dolores Costello, spoke with a lisp which affected her transition from silent to talking movies. Her granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, also has a lisp.
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oAa7 TIL that every quarter, the IRS publishes a list of people who willfully revoke their citizenship. And the list is sharply growing