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TIL German was the second most widely spoken language in the USA, until it was forcibly suppressed during WWI. The declaration of Independence in 1776 was even published in German first and only published in English a day later.

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74px TIL there is a Japanese word, kenjataimu, for the post-orgasmic period when a man’s thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive and he can think clearly like a “sage” of clear mind.
LQArV TIL that Britain’s first female mayor was elected in 1908... 10 years before women could vote. The 72-year-old Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was already Britain's first female doctor.
RNm1 TIL that chess grandmaster and concert pianist Mark Taimanov became the father of twins at 78
r1aM TIL That the Kowloon walled city in Hong Kong was home to 33,000 residents all of which lived in hundreds of interconnected high rise buildings crammed into a 210m x 120m space. The construction was so dense that sunlight didn’t filter down to the lower levels. Photos in link.
WkxXB TIL That people who speak 2 or more Languages often have separate “Assigned” Personalities for those Languages.