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TIL that ice can actually refer to 17 unique solid crystalline phases of water.

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0wgO5 TIL that Rupert Murdoch's wife was the target of a 1969 kidnap for ransom plot, which went awry because Murdoch was out of the country and had lent his company car to his underling Alick McKay. McKay's wife Muriel was kidnapped instead and murdered.
j6Zaa TIL Swiss People Eat Not Only Dogs But Also Cats
RpD6 TIL China returns all illegal immigrants from North Korea which usually imprisons them in a short term facility. Women who are suspected of being impregnated by Chinese fathers are subjected to forced abortions; babies born alive are killed, sometimes by exposure or being buried alive.
YWVA TIL that Jimmy Carter de-regulated the beer market in 1979, opening back up to craft brewers in USA.
EgbQd TIL that Carl Weathers landed the part of Apollo Creed after reading scenes with Rocky writer Sylvester Stallone. He wrapped up his audition by saying (about Stallone) "I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with."