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TIL Google search results can be limited to a specific reading level. Really useful for finding grade school materials or scientific journals.

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kOjnB TIL that the Sackbut likely got its name from the French terms 'sacquer' and 'bouter', which describe the motions of pushing and pulling used while playing the instrument.
R7njQ TIL the Jabba The Hutt puppet was 2,000 lbs, took 3 months to build, 3 men to operate and cost half a million dollars to construct.
pKeG TIL Several scientific studies have concluded that money does indeed buy happiness
dQWZ TIL that the, “No Child Left Behind Act” requires high schools to give out personal information to military recruiters.
loO65 TIL heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt sued her mother and two surgeons in the 1930s for sterilising her during an appendectomy after declaring her a "moron", so that her mother could claim her inheritance if she died childless. She lost.