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TIL when 50 deaf Nicaraguan children, who didn’t know sign language, were put in a school together they developed their own sign language. Scientists are still studying the unique spontaneous appearance of language and its ongoing development and introduction of grammar.

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Wky5A TIL that, in France, it is illegal to to publish photographs of a handcuffed suspects, as they are not to appear guilty until proven so.
XEMwr TIL the only instance of a kid dying from poisoned Halloween candy was when it was given to him by his own father. The father took out a $40,000 life insurance policy on his son beforehand. He gave the tainted candy to four other kids to set up the story that a local madman had poisoned the kids.
JJrV TIL that in a simulated, long-term, multinational space mission, Russian Cosmonauts sexually assaulted women, routinely broke into fist-fights.
n16W TIL Brandolini’s Law:The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
j6rKv TIL A Lambretta Amphi-Scooter was developed in the mid-1960s and shown in a Pathé newsreel crossing the Thames. It consisted of a 1964 Lambretta J125 scooter with hinged fiberglass pontoons, paddle mechanism and a front rudder.