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TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered.

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KYBpG TIL of the Dead Cat Strategy, where politicians deliberately make a shocking announcement to divert media attention from other areas or problems
x6VGB TIL about Bradford Bishop, who allegedly killed his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. Bishop was only removed from the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List in 2018, due to his advanced age, and is still being pursued by the FBI, as there have been sightings of Bishop across Europe for 40 years.
OorrY TIL about the 21 month long Jubilee line corruption trial, the longest jury trial in UK history. 2 jurors were discharged for personal reasons. One was promised she would be able to get married and go on honeymoon which were cancelled. The trial ended (with acquittals) when a juror “went on strike”.
dDZnB TIL famed physicist Richard Feynman donated "93 boxes" of papers and writings to Caltech, which has never digitized any of it and will only provide access physically in the reading room of the Caltech Archives to qualified researchers. Caltech holds no copyright on the work.
XENy8 TIL that the the fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine, setting of the show "Murder She Wrote," has a murder rate of 149 per 100,000 residents; compared to St. Louis, Missouri, which lead the U.S. in 2020 with 87 murders per 100k residents.