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TIL there are no muscles in human fingers.

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xVdOB TIL there's a town in Oregon named "Bridal Veil" which despite being a near ghost town still have a popular post office still functioning that gets much of its business from people going there to drop off wedding invitations so they can be postmarked "Bridal Veil".
KV5J TIL in 1978, a US Navy ship was attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. Nearly all of the cuts found on the sonar dome contained remnants of sharp, curved claws found on suction cups of squid tentacles. The claws were much larger than those of any squid that had been discovered at that time.
9MrD TIL that the distorted words in CAPTCHAs (the anti-spam feature) are all taken from old books and newspapers. By identifying the words, users are actually helping to transcribe these printed sources to the internet. As a result, the entire New York Times archive is now searchable back to 1850.
J1M6j TIL that Warwick Davis currently holds the record for the highest average gross revenue for any movie he has had a part in with an average of $623,573,404 over 24 films.
l78lr TIL Michael Jackson wore white tape on his fingers so that audience members further away could see the fingers and follow the moves he made with his hands while dancing. He wore white socks so they could similarly follow his feet.