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TIL that when switching languages, multilingual people also switch their personalities

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kJvN1 TIL - The Onion Futures Act is a US law banning futures contracts on onions. In 1955 two traders bought so many onions and futures they controlled 98% of the onions in Chicago. They forced growers to purchase their stock by threatening to flood the market.
oDZ8 TIL Apollo 13, was filmed on board reduced gravity aircraft to show realistic weightlessness, but along with it’s combination of CGI and small scale props it lost “Best Visual Effects” to Babe at the Academy Awards.
rNLAw TIL: George Bernard Shaw was an advocate for reform to the English language. So much so, he funded the creation of the "Shavian Alphabet." A constructed alphabet based on phonetic spelling and specially designed sets of letters, each of which can be written with a single pen stroke.
N74jQ TIL The "Lazy Dog" bomb, developed during world war 2, was a 2 inch steel kinetic projectile that was dropped by the thousands at 3,000 ft and could penetrate up to 9 inches of solid concrete with no explosive.
nebXP TIL About 2,000 Year Old Mummies in China. Preserved so well that they’re still flexible with intact organs.