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TIL The language Malayalam, spoken in Southern India, is the only language whose name is a palindrome

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8arNK TIL about the "Cash for Kids" scandal where two judges sent thousands of kids to jail in exchange for money from a for-profit detention centers.
j6EdN TIL Michael Jordan scored 38 points against the Utah Jazz in 1997 despite suffering vomiting and diarrhea from food poisoning. The “Flu Game” shoes he wore were later given to a ball boy from the Utah Jazz.
wWPo TIL the Warehouse chain Costco previously had its headquarters in Kirkland (now in Issaquah); the city is the namesake of its “Kirkland Signature” store brand.
vPwbR TIL that a study shows wearing a mask decreased the quality of chess players’ decisions—a measure of their cognitive performance. However, the disruptive effect of masks is relatively short-lived, gradually weakening so that there is no measurable disadvantage after roughly 4 hours of play.
mbjo TIL that a software bug made Gandhi the most aggressive leader in the first civilization game, making him famous for dropping nukes.