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TIL the "peace sign" people often do in their foreheads for selfies means "stupid" in the ASL

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9wp0D TIL that the Goodwin Sands (A sandbank that lies off the East coast of England) is home to more than 2,000 shipwrecks.
dD5LQ TIL: The US developed the chemical compound Cyanogen Chloride for use in WW2 against Japan. It is a highly toxic blood agent that could penetrate gas masks. Truman decided against using it and opted for the atom bomb. It is now listed in the Chemical Weapons Convention and has never been deployed.
9ErM TIL in 2014, an 8-year-old boy named Tyler Doohan, saved 6 members of his family from his burning house before finally succumbing to the fire himself while trying to save the last victim, his disabled grandfather.
W70GX TIL that Canada produces over half of the world's lentils.
DloV TIL of Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. So named because the explorer who discovered it followed creeks inland expecting to find a large lake, only to be disappointed when it turned out to be a large salt flat.