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pY9wO TIL that much of our understanding of early language development is derived from the case of an American girl (pseudonym Genie), a so-called feral child who was kept in nearly complete silence by her abusive father, developing no language before her release at age 13.
loOJB TIL: Jo Cameron (71) went her entire life without realizing she didn’t feel pain or anxiety until she got hip replacement surgery.
8eNja TIL Many spices contain significant levels of heavy metals like lead and arsenic, with no clear indicator of safety by brand name, country of origin, or organic status
oBJv8 TIL When twitter switched from 140 to 280 characters, political discourse became more polite, less informal, more analytical, but less substantive.
NXwD1 TIL that some sects of Buddhism start mummifying their most venerated monks BEFORE death.