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TIL that the reason our fingers and toes wrinkle when they're submerged in water for a long time is to improve our handling of wet objects.

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x6787 TIL that it took Boeing less than 3 years from starting the 747 project to first flight. The first commercial flight occurred 11 months later.
VBrdZ TIL June Huh dropped out of high school & then took 6 years to earn his B.S. Though a professor had sparked an interest in mathematics, he was accepted into only 1 PhD program due to his undergraduate experience. However at age 39, he was awarded the Fields Medal "the highest honor in mathematics".
QNeNa TIL Palestinians celebrated 9/11
4YeR TIL that the police officer who took out Dimebag Darrell’s killer was so affected by the incident he had to give up his career due to PTSD and severe anxiety disorder.
oGVY TIL that city life is potentially diverging a population of raccoons down an alternate evolutionary path in comparison to their rural counterparts. City raccoons show higher intelligence and just a few decades of city life has changed raccoon populations more than the previous 40,000 years.