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TIL of mother-in-law languages (also known as avoidance speech) which dictate that a new restricted speech style utilizing a different vocabulary, while retaining the normal phonology and grammar must be utilized in the presence of certain relatives (such a as mother-in-law) which are seen as taboo

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D1yYv TIL the US Army Signal Corp(USASC) successfully bounced radar signals off the moon in 1946, paving the way for future space communication
j6dpv TIL Actor Josh Hutcherson and R&B Singer Tinashe were used as motion-capture models for the 2004 film The Polar Express. Both of their characters did not have names, but were rather called “Hero Girl” and “Hero Boy”.
M1VB TIL It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France. In the French version of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Napoleon the pig was called Cesar.
Yp8dG TIL after a British bicycle rental learned that the band Queen used their bikes for a music video that involved the bicycles being ridden by naked women, the band had to buy the bicycle seats.
vdVL TIL: Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert.