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TIL how common it is to have a different number of joints in the pinky toe. 56% people have two joints and three bones, 44% have one joint and two bones!

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VBj4m TIL that Samsung doesn't just make electronics like Smartphones and TVs, but also tanks, container ships, and even Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Yeah, the tallest building in the world was built by a Samsung company 15 years ago, though not the same Samsung company that makes the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
vPLE4 TIL Robots have been around since 1948, with the first robot actually being a complex application of concepts from the 4th century
4k8A6 TIL of The Golden Spruce, a 300 year old, 170ft tall, Sitka spruce with a rare genetic mutation that gave its needles a golden color. It was a sacred symbol of the Haida people of British Columbia. It was cut down by Grant Hadwin, a forest engineer, as an act of protest of the logging industry.
vPmLL TIL raindrops don't actually fall in a teardrop shape. Air resistance flattens them into a hamburger bun shape as they fall!
aw0eZ TIL There is a $1m treasure chest waiting to be discovered in the Rocky Mountains if the 9 clues in a 24-line poem can be solved