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TIL, there is no definitive reason why the keypad arrangement is different for a telephone and a calculator/computer

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EgKG0 TIL of the Higg's Bison, a hypothetical Bison species proposed based on unexpected gene sequences in ancient bones and supported by changes in cave painting depictions of bison.
d8w88 TIL that the Iberian Ribbed Newt has a special defense mechanism. When in danger, it juts its pointed ribs out so that they pierce its skin, making it appear hard to eat. Once the predator backs off, the skin regenerates.
gMOrD TIL of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1845.
0wXRN TIL the average adult excretes 1 to 3 pints of gas up to 23 times a day through the anus
6E08J TIL 4 years ago 16 year old Korean Pop star Chao Tzuyu of TWICE released a video apology for waving a Taiwanese flag during a show of JYP Entertainment. The reactions in Taiwan "may have widened the opposition's victory margin by 1%... gaining a majority in parliament for the first time".