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TIL Workers who cut up pineapples eventually lose their fingerprints due to the action of the proteolytic enzyme, bromelain, that dissolves them.

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QlNd TIL that Mormon holy books were written in faux-King James English (eg thou goeth) - the language of Bibles from Joseph Smith’s time - and contain extensive grammatical errors (eg subj-verb disagreement), suggesting that Smith was trying to make his writing sound superficially “more Biblical”
awwpA TIL Star-nosed moles smell underwater by exhaling air bubbles onto objects and then re-inhaling them to smell the scents they have trapped.
x6BGw TIL that the WW2 American naval fighter, the F4U "Corsair" had a unique solution for slowing down during steep descents: Its landing gear bay doors could double as airbrakes! This was an intentional component of its design.
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