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TIL Children commonly develop an accent closer to that of their peers than their parents’ native accent. There have been no recorded cases of children speaking with a foreign accent that they have not been exposed to

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9w0lX TIl In 1891, when the first Thai typewriter was developed, two lesser-used consonants were left out because they did not fit on the typewriter; this contributed to their eventual obsolescence.
Z8lrv TIL of the great Sikh warrior Banda Singh Bahadur who fought against the Mughals and avenged Guru Gobind Singh who suffered at the hands of the traitorous and tyrannical Mughals. He was eventually captured along with his 700 soldiers and executed along with his four year old son in his lap.
0dMe1 TIL the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police place undercover sky marshals on every Canadian flight to Ronald Regan Washington National Airport
N7eOb TIL of Lulu the pot bellied pig, who upon seeing her owner have a heart attack, ran into the street and played dead. When someone stopped, she led him into the house to her owner who was ultimately saved
VKWB TIL that a metal-detector enthusiast found an earthenware pot containing 52,500 3rd century Roman coins.