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TIL that human fingers don’t contain muscles. The muscles that move them are in the palm and forearm

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KYyrR TIL 20 of 33 states with a state beverage have selected milk 🥛
JYnBB TIL about Bessie Coleman - the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license in 1921.
OoQr7 TIL for the catching-a-fly-with-chopsticks scene in the "Karate Kid", they first tired regular flies but that didn't work. Then they tried refrigerated flies (they fly slower) but that didn't work. Finally they took a piece of sweater fuzz and just hung it on a string and that finally worked.
e0n9E TIL that IKEA screws get stripped so fast because the screw head is not Phillips, and is actually superior with the right tools
6E917 TIL that a would-be suicide bomb attack in Moscow was averted because a spam text detonated the bomb and killed only the bomber before she reached the targeted location.