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Today I learned the BBC runs a pidgin English news service.

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1gNW TIL that when William Faulkner gave his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, the audience did not understand him due to his deep Southern accent; when the speech was printed in the papers the next day, it was hailed as one of the greatest Nobel Prize acceptance speeches ever
6yJm TIL In 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the application of Eminent Domain to kick homeowners off of their property so private developers could build hotels, health clubs, and condos in New London, Connecticut. Years later, the abandoned property remains an overgrown, barren field.
B4gr TIL a baboon named Jack worked as a railroad signalman for 9 years in South Africa and never made a mistake.
9YMAm TIL Chernobyl has been safe to visit since 2011 and that most of the danger is not from radiation but from unmaintained structures.
X0758 TIL: That flat earther Mike Hughes died after crash-landing a rocket he made to prove the earth is actually flat