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TIL The word “sinister” is a word English took from Latin meaning “left handed”

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AEX4 TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout is very inefficient when compared to alternatives. It was originally created to “slow down” typists in order to decrease the chances of jamming the typewriter. However, the layout still endures today as we use it almost exclusively.
dDEOE TIL in 1969 Universal Airlines looked into using a C-5 Galaxy to ferry passengers and their cars between Los Angeles and New York. The airline's CEO, Lamar Muse, resigned that year then started Southwest Airlines with Herb Kelleher and Rollin King.
wL9mM TIL The author of the novel "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley, create another novel (Island) which reversed the cultures and roles of the civilized and savages.
xVxG5 TIL Stanford researchers showed that mealworms can safely consume various types of plastics including toxic additive-containing plastic such as polystyrene with no ill effects. The worms can then be used as a safe, protein-rich feed supplement
neWGW TIL that in film Halloween (1978) the interior shots of the two babysitter houses were taken in different (real) houses from those shown in exterior shots. They were shot in the house across the street from each house shown for the building exterior, making a total of four babysitter houses