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TIL the myth of a Deaf Frenchman and a hearing American teaching each other their languages on an ocean voyage in 1816, prior to establishing the first school for the Deaf in the US is not only true, but meticulously-documented. (And The Lincoln statue hands really do show his initials in ASL.)

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OGgQ1 TIL that Mattel unsuccessfully sued the record label of the band Aqua, alleging their song "Barbie Girl" infringed upon the toy manufacturers trademark and damaged its image.
MeJ6m TIL Patterson found that amount of lead in shallow ocean water is 100x of deep. Patterson found the recent arrival of the large amount at the surface and found steady increase of lead in atmosphere due to gasoline and consumer products. Clean Air Act of 1986 passed all due to his prolonged efforts.
wj68 TIL there’s a miniature TV monitor inside the Big Bird costume that gives the puppeteer a third person’s view of himself and his surroundings.
D1ywg TIL that Bangladesh has a Floating market just for selling Guavas!
R7mrl TIL that to deal with periods, “Until the turn of the 20th century, women simply bled into their clothes or, where they could afford it, shaped scraps of cloth or other absorbents like bark or hay into a pad or tampon-like object”