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TIL the beat of the Mission: Impossible theme song spells the letters M.I. in Morse Code: dash dash-dot dot)

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ANbV7 TIL that capers are flowers!
0wOAA TIL the ratio between the index finger and the ring finger is affected by testosterone in the womb. People with longer ring fingers are more likely to be masculine, aggressive, have autism, have longer penises (if they're male) and be lesbians (if they're female).
oB5QE TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien orginally set out to just create a language. Elfish. He then figured that that language needed a history. That history needed a world etc. Which eventually led to him writing LOTR in said world.
RQK6 TIL that a man thought to have taken part in the mexican revolution was was sentenced to death without a trial Shot 8-9 times and then shot point blank in the head. was found unconscious received medical treatment and recovered.
loxyr TIL that Cement is the most widely used material in existence and is the second most consumed resource on earth, behind water.