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TIL Outdoor temperature can be determined by counting the chirps made by crickets. To convert chirps to Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature. The formula endorsed by The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

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7BYZ TIL that the “60 Minutes” whitewash of Audi wasn’t the first time a major news network was caught rigging an automotive test. NBC did it to Chevrolet in 1992, but a firefighter at the test blew the whistle, forcing NBC to cough up an on-air apology.
nW9kY TIL that the Seke language has only 700 speakers, spoken mainly in five mountainous villages in Nepal. 100 of them live in NYC, and 50 of those live in one apartment building in Brooklyn.
0wQlM TIL Being forgetful makes you smarter. The primary function of memory is to improve decision making, so forgetting irrelevant details helps you to make more informed and relevant decisions.
yLQa TIL in 1831 an American pepper trading ship was attacked off the Island of Sumatra, where locals killed 3 and plundered the ship. In retaliation, Andrew Jackson sent a warship all the way back to Sumatra to destroy the village the attackers were from.
wopYP TIL The biggest chicken nugget ever made weighed 51 pounds and was 3.25 feet long x 2 feet wide