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TIL that a language dies every 14 days

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O7Ee TIL that 10 days after Islamists massacred the staff of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation announced it planned to sue Charlie Hebdo for “publishing blasphemous cartoons”
l7Q0N TIL The National Sleep Foundation recommends 8–10 hours of sleep for teens, but its 2024 Sleep in America Poll found that less than 2 in 10 U.S. teens reported getting that amount, and teens who started school before 8:30am had higher levels of depressive symptoms than those who started later.
6jOJ TIL That Churchill had Silent Typewriters in his Bunker Because he Insisted on a ‘Quiet Working Environment’
m1jaO TIL about Shingo Aomori Japan, the purported true location of the tomb of Jesus Christ. Legend goes that it was his secret brother Isukiri who died on the cross in Golgotha. Jesus then moved to Japan, changed his name to Torai Tora Daitenku, became a garlic farmer with a family, and died there.
nWoPP TIL the inventor of the "pop up" later apologized for his invention after seeing how his creation had been used for pop-up advertising