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TIL that there was once a device to flatten neckties for ironing them.

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pD4Z TIL that the phrases ‘PIN Number’ and 'ATM Machine’ are both examples of 'RAS Syndrome’, or Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome.
5E59 TIL president James Madison was only 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed less than 100 pounds.
DJJP TIL in 2014, a new species of vine was discovered in Chile that can mimic the leaves of many different host trees. It can change the size, shape, color, orientation, and even the vein patterns of its leaves to match the surrounding foliage. It’s the only known plant that can do this.
oBnLE TIL in 1942 in a German POW camp north of Toronto the prisoners rebelled using pipes and sticks and were subdued by a group of baseball bat weilding Canadians. The Battle of Bowmanville.
5YDG9 TIL six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways and approached them on their own.