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Because your vocal folds need a humid environment to be elastic enough to produce certain sounds correctly, tonal languages — like Mandarin Chinese — are much more common in humid regions of Earth.

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In 2013, the Ig Nobel Probability Prize went to a group of researchers who discovered that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up; and that once a cow stands up, you can’t predict how soon that cow will lie down again. (@improbresearch)

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Rumors spread last week that China detected a signal from an alien civilization. https://t.co/p9uDpAb9tQ

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TIL: The name Milky Way comes from the Greek Goddess Hera spraying her breast milk on the sky while nursing Heracles

The gap between my window and shades made the perfect glowing little number 1

When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no surprise for me, so, of course, I was surprised. LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

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Unique Hair & Beard Styling of the 19th Century

TIL Credit Scores in the US didnt exist until 1989

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