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TIL There is a physician who can look at a vinyl record and tell what song it is only based on the grooves.

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e8o6 TIL that before the final British soldiers left Manhattan in 1783, one final act of defiance was the nailing of the Union Jack flag to the top of a flagpole and greasing the pole
YmeB TIL that Eve (meaning “life” in Hebrew) is made of Adam’s rib, because in Sumerian language word “nin” is a pun, meaning both “life” and “rib”. Whole story is based on Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninti living in Dilmun (Sumerian version of paradise), and pun was instrumental in translation.
wo8LJ TIL I Learned about RAS Syndrome, a term used to highlight when we redundantly use an acronym and one or more of their words together, such as 'ATM Machine' or 'PDF Format'
dLkE TIL F-35B Fighter Pilots have a Helmet that accesses 6 cameras around the body of the plane, allowing them to basically see through the plane. Also, it costs $400,000.
jdQR TIL Even though he was teenager during the Great Depression of the 1930s, John F. Kennedy said in an interview with TIME that he “didn’t really learn about the depression until [he] read about it at Harvard.”