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TIL the silent P in the word "ptarmigan" has absolutely no reason to be there. The bird's name comes from the Gaelic "tàrmachan" ("croaker"), but in 1684 the Scottish naturalist Robert Sibbald decided to add a p in front to make the word look more Greek.

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N7EK6 TIL That in In Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Ohio, idiots don’t have the right to vote.