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TIL the evolutionary advantage for pruney fingers is they help us grip wet surfaces

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8K58 TIL There are DVDs made of stone that last 1000 years and can be read by most standard players.
D1V8J TIL that programming and coding uses the same regions of the brain as speech.
xV070 TIL that Carlotta J. Thompkins, also known as Lottie Deno, was in the late 1800s Texas' most famous poker player. Later in life she and her husband became upstanding citizens in Deming, New Mexico, where her husband became a bank vice president and she helped found St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
Zpg04 TIL that wednesday, thursday, and friday spell out "WTF" crazy