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TIL weathervanes point to where the wind is coming FROM, not the direction it’s blowing.

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XVDr TIL that humans are the only living great ape species who have 23 pairs of chromosomes, all other species have 24 pairs.
lob1a TIL Harrison Ford got his ear pierced at the popular preteen store, Claire’s Accessories. After the piercing he signed a notepad to the woman who pierced his ear: "To Tavora. You made a hole in me. Harrison Ford."
loO77 TIL in 1493, Columbus thought he saw mermaids. "They were not as pretty as depicted, for somehow in the face they looked like men" he wrote. Today it is suspected that he saw a manatee.
BgZxk TIL sportswriter Henry Chadwick (b. 1824), the "Father of Baseball" is credited with creating "K" as the designation for a strikeout. K is the middle sound of the word "strikeout", and other potential letters (S, T, R, I) already had meanings in baseball.
M7V5K TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante went to audition for Frank Zappa's 1988 touring band but left the rehearsal room before actually playing, saying later that " I wanted to be a rock star, do drugs and get girls, and that I wouldn't be able to do that if I was in Zappa's band."