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TIL how learning a new language can help brain development. I've noticed my thinking change in the past when I learned a new language but now this video gives more insight into that.

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KY0bJ TIL "Bastille" is a name for a form of fortification. "The" Bastille's full name was "Bastille Saint-Antoine"
X6rr TIL the word Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’
Z8wlG TIL In 1996 Metallica was told by MTV that they couldn't use profanity or pyro during the MTV Music Awards. So instead of playing what they were told to, they played Last Caress by The Misfits and Metallica was banned from MTV Europe.
Z8EX4 TIL Quincy Jones successfully sued Michael Jackson's estate based on expert testimony that was immediately expunged from the record.
MeKKK TIL in 1825, a British geologist went to Sicily and examined the remains of a female saint. He concluded that they weren’t human and likely belonged to a goat. He told the priests, who kicked him out and then placed the bones into a casket to prevent future study.