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TIL about Transformative Power of Handwriting with Apple Pencil

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VMeVp TIL the silent P in the word "ptarmigan" has absolutely no reason to be there. The bird's name comes from the Gaelic "tàrmachan" ("croaker"), but in 1684 the Scottish naturalist Robert Sibbald decided to add a p in front to make the word look more Greek.
P17aZ TIL using the instructed amount of washing detergent leaves clothes dirtier
BAxx TIL by analyzing his speeches, researchers found Reagan to show signs of Alzheimers before his diagnosis
R58jQ TIL while watching Strange Days that Fatboy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now” is a sample of one of Angela Bassett’ lines
ADyr7 TIL world's last Stone Age society exists on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean, and they are identified for protecting their island upon all visitors. Because they have been living in isolation for 60,000 years, there is genetically a direct path between them and their pre-Neolithic ancestor