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TIL about the Hyoid bone, or the “bone that floats in the throat”. Call me slow, but does anyone else remember learning about this in school?

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Br57W TIL Martha's Vineyard is one of only 5 Natural Features in the U.S. with possessive apostrophes in their names. The Board on Geographic Names has only permitted 5 places to spell their names with possessive apostrophes to avoid disputes and issues over the ownership and control of the land.
X0epD TIL: At 555ft, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world for a few years until it was surpassed by the Eiffel Tower.
LQYap TIL in 2001 The LEGO Group faced legal action for their use, and misuse, of various Polynesian Words for Bionicle. Specifically how Tohunga (meaning “skilled person/spiritual leader”) was used to describe small villagers.
rRQpe TIL: Under Pennsylvania law, anyone over 18 can legally open carry a handgun, although they cannot buy a handgun or ammunition for it until they are 21.
gZx4 TIL - that an explorer and adventurer went missing in the Amazon in 1925 searching for El Dorado. Since then, around 100 people have died trying to find him, and as recently as 1996 an expedition to find his remains only got out after paying a ransom to their Kalapalo captors.