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TIL that hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.

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dD75r TIL about Ectopia Cordis, a rare condition where a baby’s heart forms outside the chest. One notable case is Audrina Cardenas, born in 2012, who survived after surgery to place her heart back inside her body.
5Y0ok TIL that there is an island (Pheasant Island) between the border of France and Spain that, every 6 months, it changes from one government to another, during the change, there is also a ceremony on the island. However access is prohibited.
ERG0 TIL that Doune Castle, which was used in the filming of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, was also used in the filming of Game of Thrones.
W7vBd TIL that honey bees can recognize human faces. They see faces much like pixels in a digital image.
1vZ8 TIL the US Pledge of Allegiance was conceived by a magazine to sell American flags to public schools