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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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NVp8 TIL there was a project that challenged people to make a “Earth Sandwich” by placing pieces of bread in antipodal fashion on the earth (completely opposite of each other on the planet) For the first one, a baguette was placed in Spain, and another in New Zealand.
9w4M TIL Black Irish aren’t black (i.e. of African descent), but rather they generally have dark hair and are most likely related to people who migrated from the Iberian peninsula as the last ice age ended.
95XB TIL that the Ritz-Carlton has for many years given staff $2,000 of discretion to be used to solve any customer complaint in the manner the employee feels is appropriate.
6d6Z TIL Astronomers discovered a planet which rains glass sideways, giving it a blue hue.
JY6xm TIL Microsoft once held a funeral to mark the death of the iPhone when it launched its own line of phones