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TIL that in some sign languages, signers use their mouth to create visual syllables in combination with their hands to create signs.(Mouthing)

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VjwB TIL Hawaii has only one native land mammal and it’s a bat. The rest are invasive.
O4Og TIL the US government commissioned teams of artists and scientists to devise ways to warn humans 10,000 in the future of buried radioactive waste. One suggestion was to breed cats whose fur changed color when exposed to radiation, then immortalize the cats in song and legend.
NZgJ TIL that Oxford University is so old that no one really even knows when it was founded.
4XBWR TIL that for 6 years after her death, the brothers of Joan of Arc passed off an imposter as their sister, claiming that she’d escaped death. They received lavish gifts and travelled from one festive reception to the next, until finally admitting their deception to the King of France.
XkQQ TIL that amateur wrestling Olympic gold medalist Robin Reed could pin every member of the 1924 United States Olympic wrestling team, despite being in the second lowest weight class