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TIL That people in Asian Countries have slanted eyes due to an Epicanthic Fold, Which protects there eyes during cold weather and protects the from the sun reflecting on snow.

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m14pM TIL after centuries of use in America there was an international effort to ban sign language. Educators from Europe wanted to force the deaf to try to focus on oral communication instead. Linguists rejected American Sign Language as a language until William Stokoe proved it had grammar in the 1960s.
epxLn TIL the longest domestic flight ever was Air Tahiti Nui's flight TN64, flying non-stop from Tahiti to Paris, a distance of 15,715 km (9,765 miles)
QN4b6 TIL the US government tested an air-to-air nuclear weapon and put 5 completely unprotected men directly below it on the ground to show how safe it was.
BgR0x TIL that the first chocolate bar was created by Joseph Fry in 1847. Before this, chocolate was primarily consumed as a beverage.
JYWRB TIL that Russia has an extremely long and sophisticated history of secret biological weapons development, including using such weapons.