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TIL: The Pittsburgh Parking Chair is a thing

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9wxRM TIL that while the English language is classified as a West Germanic language, its vocabulary also shows major influences from French (about 28% of words) and Latin (also about 28%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse.
JLX4 TIL Bread become sweeter the longer you chew as your saliva starts to break down starch into sugars.
6ENvJ TIL that a telescope is currently under construction in Chile that is expected to provide images that are 16 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope
5V1bD TIL that Paine Wingate was a founding father who attended the Continental Congress, served in both the Senate and the House, and died at age 98. (After being born in 1739, the same decade as Washington)
AO6w TIL the State of Texas employs 10,000 more prison guards than school teachers.