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TIL to join The 300 Club, when the outside temperature at the South Pole is less than -73C (-100F), it’s traditional to get in a sauna at 93C (200F) and then run around the South Pole naked. Thus experiencing a 300 degree Fahrenheit temperature difference.

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R7W97 TIL about "Milk Sickness" which affects people who drink milk from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot plant. While rare today, it used to kill thousands of Midwestern migrants who were unfamiliar with it, including Abraham Lincoln's mother.
YpPwG TIL Employers are not allowed to prohibit discussion of wages.
Robl TIL That June 28, 2014 is the centenary of the pistol shot in Sarajevo that triggered World War 1, the “War to end all Wars”, within 6 weeks the dominoes had fallen and the world was at war.
neM07 TIL of Wayne "Buck" Shelford, a NZ rugby player who lost four teeth and had a testicle pop out of his scrotum during a match against France. After asking the doctor to stitch him up he returned to the match where he later sustained a concussion. To this day he has no recollection of the events.
Meg77 TIL Modern cars have become so quiet when driving, automakers are resorting to playing fake engine sounds from the vehicle's speakers.