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TIL A "boneappletea" moment like "escape goat" or "all intensive purposes" is actually called an Eggcorn.

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GYNp5 TIL that "sinister" means "left" or "left-handed" in Latin from the word "sinus" meaning "pocket". In Roman togas, the pocket would be on the left side. This grew to left-handed people having unlucky or even evil connotations, which led to the modern English word "sinister".
v11P8 TIL that in 1903 the New York Times predicted that building a flying machine would be possible in 1-10 Million years.
0wLYp TIL the MOSFET (the transistor) is the single most manufactured item in human history, with 13 sextillion (1.3 × 10²²) created since 1960— equivalent to two transistors for every tonne of matter for the entire planet
gkX TIL Pamela Adlon from “Louis” did the voice of Bobby Hill from “King of the Hill”, Spinelli from “Recess”, and various voices on “Rugrats”.
pY4xp TIL that chickens are sometimes cannibals.