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

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l77kV TIL a group of pandas is called an embarrassment. Seriously.
PY66g TIL that before the 12th Amendment the Vice President was the Presidential candidate who won the second most votes, instead of a running mate
e0gWk TIL a 1967 study showed that only 38% of people were able to identify recordings of their own voice within 5 seconds.
B77y TIL The hit song “Blinded by the Light” was written by and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, who made it by going through a rhyming dictionary and looking for rhymes and ended up being unsuccessful, but was covered by Manfred Man and became a #1 hit.
e0K7g TIL that in 1967, the Nigerian Civil War ground to a halt for two days because both sides wanted to watch soccer player Pele in an exhibition match.