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TIL that the British Pound coins forms the Royal Shield

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pd1Q TIL that Samuel Morse, in the process of writing Morse Code, modeled the letter “V” as “dit-dit-dit-dah”. This was a reflection of the first 4 notes in Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 also known as the “Victory symphony”.
v1xpD TIL that the reason why bus seats looked ugly is to hide stains and graffiti.
lold7 TIL The exercise called a “deadlift” refers to solldiers in ancient Rome lifting their fallen comrades into wagons.
GYL5Q TIL a walnut-sized parrot brain contains more neurons than a lemon-sized monkey brain, and bird brains in general have much higher cognitive power per pound than mammal brains. Being called bird-brained should be a compliment, not an insult!
loVdN TIL: If you ever got shrunk down to the size of an ant, not only would everything look bigger to you, but the world would also appear almost a million times darker, light would no longer appear straight meaning that the world around you would be covered in a haze of blurriness and shadow