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TIL: 70% of hearing parents of deaf children never learn sign language.

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e0ReJ TIL that five years before Superman was created there was a pulp fiction Superhero called 'Doc Savage'. He was known as 'The Man of Bronze,' and had a 'Fortress of Solitude ' in the Arctic. He had superhuman powers, though was not an alien. He was known as a Super Man, oh and his name was Clark.
ZpeDY TIL in the late 19th century, some hotels had dark rooms for traveling photographers
loP6B TIL Walking through a doorway can cause memory lapses. That is why sometimes when we walk into another room, we often forget why we even came there
b6O90 TIL that the Game Boy's anti-piracy protection is legal and not technical : games had to include a copy of Nintendo's logo which the console will check in order to launch the game. In case of unauthorised cartridges, Nintendo could make use of Copyright and Trademark laws to take legal action!
Eg7PW TIL frog saunas can help treat a deadly fungal infection that spread worldwide after Xenopus laevis frogs were used for pregnancy testing in the 1940s.