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TIL Dust devils form as a swirling updraft under sunny conditions during fair weather, rarely coming close to the intensity of a tornado.

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d8pNK TIL that ethinlyestradiol (EE2) can cause impaired sexual differentiation in male embryos. Said embryos are intersex, genetically male but physically female.
O6KL TIL the famous Swedish Ice Hotel, built every year out of giant chunks of ice from the Torne River, is now required by the Boverket National Housing Board to include fire alarms, despite being made entirely out of frozen water
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OVZe TIL that watermelons and pumpkins are classified as berries.
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