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TIL jeans originally had that extra pocket “as a protective sleeve for cowboys’ pocket watches.”

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e0B1L TIL oxygen masks in airplanes aren't connected to an oxygen tank. Instead, they use a chemical reaction to generate it on the spot
x0Y7 TIL that the singular form of “spaghetti” is “spaghetto”
OG5NR TIL There are fewer than nine Comanche speakers alive
jNBrR TIL: Richard Turner, world famous card mechanic won “Close-Up Magician of the Year” of 2014, fooled Penn & Teller on “Fooled Us” in 2017 and has a black belt in karate, has been legally blind since childhood. Dealt is a documentary about his life, career, and coming to terms with his loss of sight
XEwKE TIL about the Hidden Continent of Zealandia, a region of continental crust twice the size of India. Mostly submerged, the only major land masses include New Zealand and New Caledonia.