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TIL scientists have created a language called Lincos designed for communicating with alien civilizations, should the need ever arise.

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Z8YKB TIL that 'goodbye' is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with ye'
GYBVg TIL TIL: Piranhas are mostly scavengers and fairly harmless fish to humans. The reason we think they're rabid flesh eaters is because a bunch of Brazilians played a practical joke on Teddy Roosevelt.
WpZY TIL there are 4 main styles of attachment in adult romantic relationships, and your style can help you understand why you act the way you do in your love relationships
xVMb7 TIL Tchaikovsky was in love with his nephew, or at the very least deeply infatuated with him
7rbV7 TIL there are about 267 Union Civil War monuments and memorials, of which 10 are statues of Lincoln and 18 schools named after Lincoln