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TIL that most of the time, we find things truthful if told in rhyme. This could be due to “the Keats heuristic,” where things are preferred when they seem artistic.

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R546w TIL I learned there are no muscles in your fingers, which is part of the reason they get so cold (they also get cold because of the larger surface area as well. All the muscles that control finger motion are located in the hand and forearm.
Yp5oW TIL Blackbeard is most famous for his legendary blockade of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. In 1718, Blackbeard entered Charleston Harbor in his ship known as Queen Anne's Revenge with three smaller ships. He proceeded to plunder five merchant ships entering or leaving the harbor.
R77V9 TIL "Kamikaze pilots only had enough fuel for one-way missions" is actually a myth.
YlEd TIL that Indiana Jones has changed the image of archaeology. Before ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981), people imagined an archaeologist as a weak, older person who needs rescuing. Now the stereotype is a male Ivy League professor/adventurer with a bullwhip.
KOvG TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve