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8eK1P TIL that Aphantasia is a condition where your brain doesn’t form or use mental images as part of your thinking or imagination.
b6lx0 TIL that the Great Vowel Shift between 1400-1700 was a series of pronunciation changes in English. With that many words froze with spelling and pronunciations not matching. This is why some English vowels are a mess with words like "meat" and "meet" being spelt differently but pronounced the same.
A8pl TIL Right before Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it,” because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.
XE91r TIL that the verb 'egg' (i.e. egged on, to incite into action) has been in the English language longer than the noun 'egg'.
KO1PE TIL that Adam Lambert actually auditioned for American Idol with a Michael Jackson song. The judges didn’t like it, but agreed to give him a second chance. He then sang Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May saw the audition which eventually led to Lambert becoming frontman for Queen.