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TIL There is a free test service that lets you talk to a professional accent analyst on the phone, who will ask you to read a variety of words, and will later call you back with a detailed analysis of your speaking accent.

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6EP9W TIL: in 1921, White Castle changed the Nation's perception of beef from "low grade meat likely to be richer with E coli than nutrients" by creating a logistics system having fresh beef delivered twice a day and on display in the front of their shops, as well as inventing the hamburger bun.
lbV7 TIL that the first Olympic disqualification for drug use was against a Swedish pentathlete who drank two beers before his shooting event to calm his nerves.
69Pd8 TIL two of hip-hop’s most influential producers, J Dilla and Nujabes, who both died in their early 30s, also shared the same birthday, February 7th 1974
Z88mB TIL Alexander Graham Bell believed that deafness was something that could eventually be completely eradicated, and was one of the most vocal opponents of ASL.
OokBa TIL It took over 100 for someone to notice that an Icelandic translation of Dracula published in 1901 was actually a near complete re-write of the novel and not an actual translation of the original work