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TIL that women are responsible for 90% of modern language changes, with teenage girls historically having been the linguistic innovators

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a8OeM TIL about Edgardo Greco, an italian mafioso who beat two rival gang members to death and fled to France to escape law enforcement. He went on to become a successful pizzeria owner before getting caught more than 30 years later after posing for a newspaper featuring his prized restaurant.
9wgmm TIL that Günther Burstyn ("the inventor of the first tank") might have been one of the few jews who had personal meeting with and was awarded by medal with Adolf Hitler
PpEL TIL The Shiba Inu nearly became extinct during World War II due to a combination of food shortage and a post-war distemper epidemic. All subsequent dogs were bred from the only three surviving bloodlines.
16OO TIL that, contrary to depictions in science fiction, the human body can briefly survive in outer space unprotected, and that the human skin doubles in size, more resembling a body builder than a balloon.
b64a TIL. The Great Gama is the only undefeated wrestler in the world. His career spanned 50 years. And Bruce Lee was a fan. (xpost from r/india)