The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.

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The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail

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n the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were called movies. The films were called potion pictures.

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The tendency of the leaves or petals of certain plants to assume a different position at night is called nyctitropism.

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The back of the human hand is the opisthenar.

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Someone who uses as few words as possible when speaking is called pauciloquent.

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People that study fish are called ichthyologists.

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The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.

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The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.

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A melody is a group of notes in a certain order that results in a sweet or agreeable sound. An easily remembered melody is called a tune.

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Compulsive shopping was identified by a German psychiatrist almost a hundred years ago. Clinically it is known as oniomania. Shopaholics are the people who do not suffer from chrematophobia, which is the fear of touching money

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In early France the distance a man could walk while smoking one pipeful of tobacco was called a pipee.

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The central shaft of a bird's feather which bears the vane or web of the feather is called a rachis.

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The small cup in which an espresso is served is called a demitasse.

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