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TIL People born deaf don’t think in any verbal language.

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KMrw TIL Brazil prisons offer their prisoners the chance to reduce their prison sentence by four days (up to 48 days/year) for every book they read and write a report on
mn7x TIL Millionaire Harris Rosen gave a Florida neighborhood free daycare and scholarships to all high school graduates. This raised the graduation rate from 25% to 100% and cut crime in half.
E1JRo TIL that there were two witchcraft trials in Plymouth Colony 50 years before the Salem Trials. Unlike the later, more infamous trials, the accused were found Not Guilty and their accusers were fined for giving false statements
d6gB TIL of Bluenose, a schooner from Nova Scotia built in 1921 that was undefeated in races for 17 consecutive years. At the same time she worked as a general fishing craft and at least once won competitions for largest catches of the season and similar awards.
rW8o TIL That a Fraud Examiner went to the SEC in 2005 with a report showing Madoff’s returns were impossible but the SEC didn’t bother investigating the analysis