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TIL that dogs can be trained in sign language

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yyMX TIL Cambridge Bay, Canada, has no cars but GOOGLE responded to a proposal by a resident to include Arctic communities in Street View in order to “educate the rest of the world.” He used a tricycle fitted with a camera system.
mj8p TIL for over 18 years a Japanese composer pretended to be deaf and paid a ghostwriter to compose his music. Time magazine called him a “digital-age Beethoven”.
OGxNX TIL that the longest continually updated video game is UnReal World, at 32 years. It was released in 1992 and the latest update was in 2024.
QreE TIL Singapore used to control its population by offering preferential access to education to the children of parents who were voluntarily sterilized.
8a78G TIL the 1928 adaptation of "Noah's Ark" had a flood scene that killed 3 actors. The original cut of the film, which included footage of the 3 actors drowning in the flood, is lost. Also, a young John Wayne can be seen struggling to stay above the water in the scene (it was one of his first roles.)