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TIL languages that originate in humid environments are more likely to have a wide range of tones because human vocal folds become more elastic in humid environments

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wo6X6 TIL about Operation Paul Bunyan, where the US cut down a tree in the Korean DMZ as a response to the murder of two officers, deploying over 800 soldiers and air support without any shots fired. The operation left a 19-foot stump as a reminder of the incident.
8e6Pa TIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned down
R78d6 TIL it's legal in New York to own a monkey if you're paralyzed and the monkey is trained to perform household tasks for you
e0814 TIL there exists a Linguistic Diversity Index: the probability [0-1] that 2 people selected from at random will have different mother tongues. Papua New Guinea comes first with a score of 0.988 as it has over 820 indigenous languages. Some other scores ~ India: 0.914, USA: 0.333, UK: 0.154
WEJ4 TIL during WW1 the British executed soldiers inflicted with Shell Shock (Combat Stress Disorder) on the basis of cowardice because Shell Shock wasn’t considered a psychiatric disorder.