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TIL that the word "pixel" is short for "picture element"

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VEnD TIL that washing your hair actually damages it and doctors usually don’t comment on it because its not medically harmful.
eDbk TIL that a chimpanzee Washoe, the first animal to learn American Sign Language, was able to combine the hundreds of signs that she learned into novel combinations that she hadn’t been taught and created herself. She also taught her adopted son some American Sign Language.
WkGJd TIL there is a subculture of people living the life of different decades where they weren't even born.
aldb TIL Kal Penn (Kumar from Harold & Kumar) who currently plays the White House Press Secretary on Designated Survivor was the actual Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
WkmwL TIL that there was a pro-Hitler/Nazi Jewish organization led by Max Naumann. Once Hitler took power the organization was broken up & members, including Naumann, were sent to concentration camps.