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TIL German was the first language of the majority of households until the 1950s in Schaumburg (Illinois)

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WRB9 TIL When Kevin Spacey was asked on why he is so secretive about his private life he stated, “The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre and believe I am that person”.
69g1X TIL: The electric vibrator was first used in 1878, and began to be marketed for home use (without any sexual connotations) in magazines from around 1900, along with other electrical household goods.
1aE48 TIL voodoo is not witchcraft or black magic, it's an west African religion, though it has many variation in Whole America.
Zppa TIL: Hollow point bullets are not allowed in war, yet many police forces around the globe utilize them. Sweden is one of the countries which do…
9YlGD TIL When a flock of starlings are murmurating (flying in those shape-shifting patterns) Each individual birds' movements are copied by 7 of its closest neighbours, and each of those neighbours' movements affect 7 more and so on through the flock.