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TIL Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t properly form until the child reaches 3-5 years of age.

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kJodg TIL The films used for the Hasselblad cameras taken to the Moon were prepackaged in light-tight magazines that snapped onto the camera body. The Apollo 11 moonwalk made do with a single magazine without changing films outside at all
5Y0M9 TIL that In Japan, people do not use their signature on documents, but use their personal stamps called “Hanko” or “Inkan”.
xJk1 TIL a 2012 study found that uninformed people are influenced more by subjective reporting: “If you want to reach a bigger audience — those less-informed — you need to inject as much opinion into your work as possible”
DkBJ TIL the blackberry plants growing all over Seattle and the West Coast are all the fault of gardening fanatic Luther Burbank
jN1ep TIL To ensure sailors’ safe passage to the afterlife, Romans placed coins under ship masts during construction. This practice is still used in modern shipbuilding to ensure good luck.