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TIL about Silbo Gomero, a language spoken entirely by whistling. Developed by natives of La Gomera, Canary Islands. The language enabled long distance communication across the deep ravines and narrow valleys of the island, allowing messages to be exchanged over distances up to 5km (3.1mi).
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TIL that in 2021 the Razzie Awards developed a special category for the Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 Movie. They later scrapped it when the actor’s aphasia diagnosis became public saying it was inappropriate to award it to someone whose performance was affected by a medical condition.
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TIL about Vivian Thomas. Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty and racism to become a cardiac surgery pioneer. He famously developed a procedure used to treat blue baby syndrome. He would serve as supervisor of the surgical laboratories at Johns Hopkins for 35 years.
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