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TIL the accumulation of gunk between your toes is call Toe Jam

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OoMmX TIL an Australian fast-food chain called Chicken Treat let a chicken named Betty write out it's tweets by pecking at a keyboard. Apparently, if Betty did manage to hit 5 keys in a row to form a word, she'd get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's first chicken to tweet in English.
nevW7 TIL exponential, log and trig functions are examples of transcendental functions, which "transcend" algebra as they can't be expressed with a sequence of the algebraic operations of addition, multiplication and root extraction. Unlike algebraic functions, they can't satisfy polynomial equations.
gM514 TIL in Renaissance Italy courtesans were known as cortigiana or "courtier". These women were well-educated more so than women of nobility & simultaneously artists, dancers & singers. These women were often treated as equals to women of nobility.
grWLA TIL about Barn Quilts. They are a form of Americana folk art that have multiple meanings. Some are dedicated to a specific person while others can represent an entire community.
7rW87 TIL Roughly half of the antacids produced are fed to cows to offset the effects of a forced corn diet.