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TIL someone actually raised his son to speak Klingon as a first language. The boy ultimately stopped responding to his father, forcing him to abandon the “project” after 5 years.

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R7Vb7 TIL of the Oakland Buddha, a statue placed on a trash-ridden street corner by a non-Buddhist neighbor who was fed up with the trash. He thought the statue might 'shift the energy in the neighborhood.' It has since become a shrine and gathering place for Vietnamese residents.
mxaNM TIL On May 20, 1989, Martial Law was declared in Tiananmen Square as its citizens demanded political reform. Just over a month into these protests, soldiers and officers stormed the Square while firing live rounds. The event is commonly referred to as June Fourth Massacre and June Fourth Crackdown.
d8XdB TIL Edward Dickinson Baker was serving as a U.S. Senator when the U.S. Civil War broke out and re-joined the Army as a colonel. He was killed in battle and remains the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
LrBP TIL that the Bond character Pussy Galore was based on real life spy, Romanian born Pussy Deakin. Her husband was one of the last British heroes of WWII, and was knighted in 1975. She would have been called Lady ‘Pussy’ Deakin.
vpZL TIL “Berserkers” were Norse warriors who fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury. It has been suggested that the warriors consumed hallucinogens before battles. Some were said to wear the pelt of a wolf (or bear) when they entered battle.