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TIL That Naturally Occurring Ice Is Technically A Mineral

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N787b TIL there is a town in Wisconsin called Random Lake. It contains a lake called Random Lake.
90Y6 TIL on this day in 1979 the original Sony Walkman was released.
N7vxe Official advice has been confusing, but the science isn't hard to grok. Everyone should cover up as masks work.
l7M97 TIL there were "hundreds of thousands of instances of torture" by the French military in Algeria during the Algerian War.
nNa9 TIL that the french foreign legion units always march last during parades because on average, the legion has an 88 steps per minute pace while other french units have 120 steps per minute while marching. The reason for this is somewhat unclear.