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TIL the “L” in salmon is silent

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Y5R7 TIL ‘Macaroni’ was an 18th century expression for fops who dressed in high fashion with tall, powdered wigs. The joke being made in “Yankee Doodle” is that Americans were allegedly naive enough to believe that a feather in the hat was a sufficient mark of a macaroni.
4w5N TIL Kids are more inclined to turn to their pets than their siblings for support when faced with adversity. This is even though they know their pets don’t actually understand what they are saying.
woXbM TIL that Belgium is the world's market leader in producing and exporting snooker and billiard balls.
gM884 TIL Sexual imprinting occurs in falcons when raised by humans and if they need to breed, falconers will wear a special semen collecting hat and allow a male falcon to mate with their head. The falconers then 'court' a female imprinted falcon and impregnate her by injecting the semen into her cloaca.
M7VL7 TIL Human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves. Teeth are coated in enamel which is not a living tissue.