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PYJgG TIL American Sign Language and British Sign Language are not mutually intelligible. While English speakers can understand each other across the Anglosphere, deaf people from different English speaking countries are unable to understand each other.
ObQe TIL from 2006 - 2010, excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
9JPQ TIL that Korean War soldier Eduardo C Gomez took out an enemy tank by crawling across an open rice field, got up on top of the tank, and then pried open the hatch and dropped a live grenade into the tank, killing the tank’s crew.
WkBgB TIL Since the 1978 initiation of China's policy of reform and opening-up, Dongguan is now regarded as: "The World's Computer City", "The World's Toy City", "The World's Shoe City", and "The South China Fashion City"
MeJ6m TIL Patterson found that amount of lead in shallow ocean water is 100x of deep. Patterson found the recent arrival of the large amount at the surface and found steady increase of lead in atmosphere due to gasoline and consumer products. Clean Air Act of 1986 passed all due to his prolonged efforts.