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TIL facial expressions are a very important part of sign language. Certain mouth and eye movements serve as adjectival or adverbial modifiers.

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WkKPY TIL Radioactive Spark Plugs were sold in the 1940s under the theory the radiation made the engine run better.
4jZN TIL that Anchorage, Alaska is roughly equidistant from New York, Tokyo, and Berlin and can reach 90% of the industrialized world by air in 9.5 hours or less. As such, its airport is the third busiest cargo hub in the world.
KOoKR TIL that there is an official Goonies Day every year on June 7 in Astoria, Oregon. The majority of the film Goonies was filmed in Astoria and June 7th is the day the movie was released in 1985.
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YpYyB TIL Habushu - a liqueur made in Okinawa which involves submerging a living pit viper in a jar and sealing it; some variations involve putting the viper on ice to knock it out, gutting it & sewing it back up, and placing it in the alcohol only for it to wake up and get super aggressive before dying