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TIL an indigenous language in Mexico nearly died out in 2007 after the last two remaining speakers stopped talking to each other

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pY5MQ TIL: New York had a secret CIA base disguised as a ‘different Federal institution’. It was in the World Trade Centre tower 7 that fell on 9/11
vPmlr TIL a young Vietnamese woman named Phan Thi Mao was kidnapped and repeatedly abused by US soldiers in 1966, only one of the men decided to report the situation, all of the responsible people were convicted but eventually acquitted, this event later became known as the “incident on Hill 192”
kOpGE TIL of a cemetery island just off the coast of Cabuya, Costa Rica. During low tide, a land bridge will surface, connecting the island to the mainland, which allows people to travel on foot and even hold funeral processions.
8e7Za TIL that every Australian is entitled to a portrait of the reigning monarch - paid for by the government. After the Queen died, there was a rush to get the last portraits of her before the Charles stock came in.
OoWDX TIL Rick Wakeman started to wear capes onstage in order to hide the weird way he moved while operating footpedals, which a journalist said made him look like a demented spider. In some countries now, a show organiser will write into his contract that he must wear a cape