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TIL 80% of Elevator “Close Door” buttons are non-functional

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kOea5 TIL Jonathan; a Tortoise Living on St. Helena, is the oldest confirmed living terrestrial animal on Earth. He is 186. When he was born George Washington had only been dead 33 years...and Abraham Lincoln was 22 years old.
16oOV TIL human babies float in their own pee in the womb and drink it too. If I had to learn this so do you
jyMN TIL that the tree of knowledge in Judeo-Christian Religion was an apple tree possibly because of a pun. (Malum means bad in Latin, while malūm means apple)
yVnVe TIL about elliptical constructions—linguistic shortcuts where parts of a sentence are omitted without losing meaning. For example, "Best part?" instead of "What's the best part?" or "You ready?" instead of "Are you ready?" These concise phrases enhance clarity and efficiency.
N5jb TIL that spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect the dogs throat from wolf attacks