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TIL that in the 1970s and 80s, a group of Deaf children in Nicaragua created their own complex sign language from scratch.

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v19dD Today I learned there is a tortoise named Johnathan that is at least 188 years old and still doing well
p8Mlb TIL musician Gram Parsons wanted his body cremated and scattered at Joshua Tree, but his family arranged for him to be buried in Louisiana for financial reasons. His friends, drunk and assisted by an unwitting police officer, stole his body from the airport and burned the casket themselves.
VMdKp TIL that there are a couple different ways to do nipple reconstruction. One of those ways is to use your labia.
neYnr TIL of a sword found in the River Witham in 1825 with a mysterious 18-letter inscription that has stumped researchers and caused the British Library to ask readers to help crack the code.
EaN0 TIL Scorpion Venom is the most expensive liquid on earth, at almost $39 million a gallon. Next closest on the list in king cobra venom at $152K a gallon with LSD close behind at $122K a gallon