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TIL of Melodic Intonation Therapy. Often after a stroke or other types of aphasia, people are unable to speak. It has been found that the they often still have the ability to sing.

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e0vOD TIL that natural Paprika is actually very sweet, has absolutely no heat at all and it's flavour has been described as similar to a tomato. What makes it spicy is Cheyenne Pepper which is added during the production process.
XkyE TIL in 1965, 25% of all black households in the US were headed by women. By 2010, that figure reached 72%.
rRmve TIL of a woman who has won the Lottery four times since 1993. She was outed as a PhD of Statistics from Standford University and had figured out the pseudo-number generator for the distribution of the winning tickets. She won a total of $17million, and has since moved to Las Vegas.
W7JXL TIL I a Venus day is longer than a Venus year (243 days vs. 225 days)
DQ7xe TIL that Judas Goats, sterilized goats with radio collars who blend in with wild goats, have been used to save the ecosystems of two major island habitats