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TIL Tonal languages are more likely to evolve in humid climates.

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nem7W A new report found the seafood contains an alarming amount of plastic – and in fact, no sea creature is immune. It’s as if the ocean is wreaking its revenge
jNGAa TIL about the Roland MT80s, a boombox that played MIDI files from floppy discs. It also features a metronome to help people practice learning musical instruments. Also, Roland made these kind of machines up to late 2000s when they added an USB port.
PY11g TIL cream soda is vanilla flavoured.
QNEZE TIL that Marlin Brando popularised wearing t-shirts as an outfit from his role in A Streetcar Named Desire. Before then it was commonplace to wear a t-shirt as an undergarment.
VBgZ0 TIL the chief medical examiner of LA county, who performed most of the high profile celeb autopsies in the 60's, was forced to resign after allegations that on hearing the news of RFK being shot, he was seen dancing in his office, saying "i'm going to be famous, i hope he dies"