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TIL that Farfalle pasta, commonly called bow-tie pasta in English, is named for butterflies in Italian and not neckwear.

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eKZ5 TIL The only time the letter Y is a vowel is when your tongue doesn’t touch your palate (roof of mouth). If it does then it is a consonant. examples being yellow = consonant, sky = vowel.
0wM7M TIL the launching mechanism on an aircraft carrier could throw a pickup truck over a mile
DQKkp TIL Benazir Bhutto (11th, 13th PM of Pakistan) and Liaquat Ali Khan (1st PM of Pakistan) were both assassinated in the same park and rushed to the same hospital. The doctor who attempted to revive Bhutto in 2007 was the son of the same doctor who tried to revive Khan in 1951.
W7y74 TIL only 5% of residential homes in the UK are thought to have air conditioning and many buildings are designed in a way to keep heat in.
j6Jwp TIL in 1923; Frank Hayes, A racing jockey was Racing the horse named sweet kiss, Had a fatal heart attack midway through the race and died. The horse and his body crossed the finish line. Making him the first and only racer to win a race after death.