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TIL Finger-fumbler in sign language is the equivalent of a tongue-twister.

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LQpVQ TIL that the architect Erno Goldfinger threatened to sue Ian Fleming over his name being used for the novel. Fleming responded that he might then, accidentally let the name slip to Goldprick here and there in the book.
KOB9B TIL of the systematic destruction of the Armenian cemetery at Julfa. In response to charges from Armenia and various international organisations and despite overwhelming evidence of their involvement, the Azerbaijani government insisted that the cemetery and the monuments within had never existed.
D1dp TIL that although botox is commonly used to reduce wrinkles, it is also the most toxic substance known to man, a spoonful of the protein has the potential to kill 1.2 billion people.
R5vn9 TIL that Fordite, also known as Motor City agate, is a lapidarist term for polished pieces of finely-layered paint masses from automobile factories
rNlRW TIL: Quaternary twins are "twins" born to different parents. If identical twins marry identical twins, their children would legally be cousins but genetically siblings. This type of marriage is also called a quaternary marriage.