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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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KYlMJ TIL that there is a non-alcoholic drink named after child star, Freddy Bartholomew. Unlike the Shirley Temple, this one is made from ginger ale and lime juice.
p89KG TIL about the residents of a neighborhood complaining of mysterious ailments from a new cell phone tower. During a meeting the owner revealed that the tower had been off for over a month. Residents didn’t show up to the followup meeting
5Ze9 TIL Māori tribal groups from New Zealand complained to LEGO as their language was heavily used in the Bionicle line of toys
D1gbg TIL Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank, attempted to gain US visas for his family but only received one for himself that was cancelled when Germany declared war on the USA. His entire family later died during the holocaust.
YpOnZ TIL an actor accidentally slit his own throat on stage while performing a suicide scene in a play based on Mary, Queen of Scots. The prop knife he was supposed to have used had been switched with a real one. If he’d cut a little deeper, he would have died.