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TIL word pairings like "artsy-fartsy", "super-duper", or "itsy-bitsy" are a linguistic phenomenon known as Rhyming Reduplication

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J1ANj TIL of the world's loneliest palm tree. "Hyophorbe amaricaulis" is found exclusively on the island of Mauritius, and only a single surviving specimen has been documented in the Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Curepipe. Thus, it is classified as an endling.
7r88M TIL scientists caught a skink evolving. Researchers found that skinks living below a mountain in warmer climates would lay eggs. At higher climates, the cold caused the skinks to hold their eggs inside for longer until they would hatch internally for live births.
PYDGZ TIL Haruki Murakami wrote his first novel "Hear the Wind Sing" entirely by hand and then on a whim sent the only copy of the manuscript to be considered for a literary magazines new-writers prize. He went on to win the prize.
vNVr TIL that Namco holds a patent which allows only them to make mini-games in loading screens.The patent will expire later this year.
78A8x TIL Paul Newman was so embarrassed by his film debut he put out an advertisement in Variety magazine apologizing for his performance