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TIL that the word “yolk” is derived from an Old English word that means “yellow.” So egg white and egg yellow.

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Ek5W TIL Humans are deuterostomes, meaning that the hole that become your anus develops before any other opening. Which basically means at one point you were nothing but an asshole.
yVOyp TIL that both the National Air and Space Intelligence Agency + Space Delta 18 (DEL 18) unit both have a Sphinx Symbols which represent their role in analyzing, producing, and servicing Intelligence.