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TIL about the Vickers Swallow, a 1950s supersonic British Nuclear bomber concept plane with moving wings, engines mounted on wingtips, and no tail

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8aBeV There are a handful of people who are born into this world without fingerprints. The technical term for the condition is adermatoglyphia, dubbed 'immigration delay disease,' and for years, it wasn't known what caused the phenomenon. A couple of years ago, dermatologists found that the disease was related to a genetic mutation.
vrNB TIL that in Hong Kong, architects often design buildings with holes in them to allow dragons to pass through unobstructed on their journey to the ocean.
8BVL TIL there is a 6-year high school in Chicago where students graduate with an associate’s degree on top of a high school diploma, along with a $40,000+ job opportunity at IBM.
rN9ew TIL that miniature horses are ADA service animals and are protected under law.
R5dyw TIL the inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was lost in a fire too.