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TIL Dora the Explorer speaks 33 different languages depending on which country you live in and which 2nd language is dominant.

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KYO99 TIL over 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see Oasis at Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England in 1996. This meant the possibility of 20 sold out nights. It remains the largest demand for concert tickets in British history.
VbLm TIL that Alexandre Vattemare, who created the first cultural exchange system between public libraries and museums, was a ventriloquist who trained as a surgeon, but was refused a diploma after making cadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises.
awRN0 TIL the origin of the term “Love” as 0 in tennis is heavily disputed. The most common belief is that it originated from the french word for egg (L’oeuf) as the shape of the zero represented an egg
LwO0 TIL: After Chimps learn the sign language for “funny”, they will say “funny” after throwing poop at people.
BrxEL TIL that a Jewish prisoner escaped from Auschwitz in 1944 disguised as an SS guard