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TIL about Wikitongues, a non-profit organization attempting to document all 6000+ existing spoken languages. To date they have hundreds of recorded conversations and add new videos to their archive every week.

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6RlJ TIL 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans in the U.S. Return to Meat
yQ7D8 TIL violence spreads through communities in a pattern similar to infectious disease, and interrupting its spread at critical points has lead to dramatic reductions in killings in crime-plagued areas.
6PM7 TIL the Mars Opportunity rover, whose mission was planned to go for approximately 91 days, is still traveling across the Red Planet, having surpassed its duration of activity by 9 years and 94 days.
rbYe TIL that in 2008 a man dressed up as Santa and used a homemade flamethrower and several guns to terrorize his ex-wife’s family as revenge for their divorce
WpWN TIL a boy weighing 6lb 6oz was born during the 6th hour of 06/06/06. His name is Damien.