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TIL our fingerprints are developed while we’re still in the womb and are unique based on our movement, location in the womb and composition of our mother’s amniotic fluid

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pRAA TIL The orange fruit was initially called a norange (from Arabic náranj), then the ‘n’ was dropped because people mistakenly thought the fruit was called 'an orange’. The linguistic change is called juncture loss.
1a1DV TIL That on modern cars there is a little arrow on the fuel gauge to help you when it's time to refuel. It tells you which side of the vehicle has the fuel tank and filler cap.
M65V TIL Norman Rockwell’s painting “People Reading Stock Exchange” has a man with three legs. Rockwell didn’t notice this until it was pointed out years later.
j91X TIL a man excavated his entire basement using only RC trucks over a span of 7 years.
QWWp TIL that “nice”, when first used in English, meant “foolish, stupid, senseless”. It came through early French from the Latin nescius, meaning “ignorant”, literally “not-knowing”.