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TIL that in 400 BC Persian engineers could store ice, in the desert, in the middle of summer.

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wBwo TIL; Admission to Canada’s nation parks is free all of 2017 because it’s Canada’s 150th year celebration
XEBg8 TIL the founder of Amour All (Alan Rypinski) purchased the international POG trademark and popular POG drink from the Haleakala Dairy
XErer TIL if you put multiple out of phase metronomes on a movable surface, they will synchronize themselves according to what is called a Kuramoto model of synchronization
Xem8 TIL That for 25 years, Stella Artois’ advertising slogan was “Reassuringly Expensive”.
rA9w TIL Central Park’s rivers and streams are entirely artificial and can be turned on and off.