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TIL Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is credited as the first modern detective story, inspiring characters like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot

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mxpBP 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.
ya TIL that life expectancy in Cuba is higher than in the United States
6EPlY TIL that a film advocating the flat-Earth theory received the Russia's highest annual television award in 2017 in the nomination "best educational program"
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