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TIL the English language is the only language (of the most spoken languages in the world) that doesn’t have a regulator body/institution.

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X0nQX TIL after landing outside Syracuse in 415 BCE, the Athenian army set up a fortified camp & constructed a wall (often called “the Circle”) meant to cut Syracuse off from the rest of Sicily. The Syracusans countered by erecting their own series of counter‐walls, stopping Athens’ land blockade.
Y7y7r TIL: The Bronx County Bird Club (BCBC) was a small informal club of birders based in the Bronx, New York. Many club members became well-known ornithologists and authors.
P1ggZ TIL Laos is the most bombed country in history relative to its population size
4XpMR TIL journalist Sara Bongiorni and her family tried to live without Chinese made goods for a year and found it almost impossible
R7N84 TIL Leonard Cohen originally wrote 80 draft verses for his song "Hallelujah." He chose several of the most relevant and interchanged some of them depending on where he was playing.