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TIL Cicely Tyson was godmother to the singer Lenny Kravitz, as well as to Denzel Washington's daughter Katia, and Tyler Perry's son Aman.

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DQ7Vr TIL In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish. The main variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic.
5VveB TIL of the “Squeeze”, which was a type of accident in the early days of diving where a catastrophic loss of pressure could occur in the diving suit. The immense pressure would suck the meat and organs up into the heavy copper helmet, leaving the bones and scraps of flesh in the diving suit.
0wNJj TIL All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common, born around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
4o1g TIL - Cats bring home dead animals not out of love, but to try and teach you the hunting skills that you clearly lack
W7ZxY TIL that from the 1800s through the 1970s, a secret pseudo-language was used amongst British entertainers, sailors, and criminals. It was a mixture of Italian, Romani, Yiddish and rhyming slang, and originated the modern slang terms “acdc,” “butch,” “camp,” “ogle” and others.