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TIL - a "Duck's Ass" was a popular men's hairstyle in the 1950's, where the sides of the hair were slicked back, resembling the hindquarters of a duck

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kOEb1 TIL: Friday 13th Superstition has its origins in a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla. The uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous god Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow
VBBNk TIL that the color magenta technically doesn’t exist — it does not match a particular wavelength of light, and the shade you perceive is a trick of the brain
e0GNg TIL The Sharps Rifle was nicknamed "Beecher's Bible" after abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher: "You might just as well...read the Bible to Buffaloes as to those fellows who follow Atchison and Stringfellow; but they have a supreme respect for the logic that is embodied in Sharp's rifle."
loEmK TIL petit Four (small french pastries) got their name from how they are baked. Traditional brick ovens took a long time to cool down, so to not waste residual heat after baking bread, bakers made smaller cakes at this lower temperature. It was called baking à petit four - literally "at small oven."
Y98W TIL that camels originated in the present day United States and only later spread to Asia and North Africa