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TIL Sign language users experience "tip of the finger" just like how English speakers experience "tip of the tongue".

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wL9WW TIL Chroniclers of Germanic peoples traced the ancestry of their kings back to the god Wōden (Odin). If such descents were true, Queen Elizabeth II would be a descendant of Woden, via the kings of Wessex.
Y785P TIL that the iconic Y.M.C.A. dance originated from a misunderstanding. The Village People's original dance choreography had them holding their hands above their heads to clap. Audience members misinterpreted this as a Y and added the other letters on their own in an episode of American Bandstand.
XEV48 TIL doves and pigeons are the same thing
oBDXr TIL American Robins and Waxwings will display intoxicated behavior after consuming certain species of fermented plants.
XEVjj TIL: On 17 April 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He refused surgery, saying, "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."