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TIL Funyuns were originally going to be called “OnYums”, but it was discovered that name was already taken.

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N7x8E TIL HMS Victory is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, with 242 years' service. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012. Launched in 1765 she has 104 guns and takes a crew of 850 men.
KQvJ TIL: The word ‘Sideburns’, is derived from the name of Ambrose Burnside, A Union Army General, the 30th governor of Rhode Island, and a man of majestic facial hair.
X0GVr TIL certain East Asian physical traits, like thicker hair, more sweat glands, distinct teeth, and smaller breasts, stem from a gene mutation about 35,000 years ago. Africans and Europeans usually carry the ancestral version of the gene, but in most East Asians, one of the DNA units has mutated.
LQLYZ TIL a 2022 California Supreme Court decision allowed bumble bees to be considered a protected species because they met the state’s legal definition of a “fish”.
x6Kd1 TIL that the new MacBook trackpads don't physically make a click sound or move down. Rather, it's computer-generated.