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TIL In a major breakthrough in bovine linguistic research, experts have confirmed that cows moo with accents distinct to their herd.

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YpDn7 TIL: A Hungarian man wrote a book on how to raise a genius, raising three daughters with the methods he pioneered, using chess as an example. His youngest daughter is Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time.
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