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TIL Galileo Galilei's middle finger is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.

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pYnyp TIL that Channel 5 was the only major UK television channel not to broadcast Queen Elizabeth II's funeral - they aired The Emoji Movie instead
wWYP TIL the word “lurker” grew to include internet behavior when dial-up bulletin board systems became popular. Those using the phone line and consuming resources (“reading”) were expected to contribute; since lurkers tied up phone lines without contributing anything, they were criticized and banned.
Lk6b9 TIL: The reason capsaicin (the chemical in peppers) makes you feel like you’re burning is because it lowers the tolerance of the pain receptors in your mouth such that your own body heat is enough to trigger them to tells your brain that things are dangerously hot.
W7Ned TIL Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook wrote that the word Al-Qaeda should be translated as "the database", because it originally referred to the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen militants who were recruited and trained with CIA help to defeat the Russians
9wABD TIL Botox has been proven to be an effective treatment for depression.