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TIL the Eiffel Tower is 6 inches taller in the summer because steel expands in the heat - so climb it in the winter

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W0eo TIL that 1 in 28 children in the United States have a parent in state or federal prison.
xVKe5 TIL that David Hahn, the "Radioactive Boy Scout" was arrested in 2007 when someone saw him stealing a smoke detector. A search of his apartment found 16 more. Smoke detectors were one of the items he used to get the radioactive material to build the breeder reactor in his mom's shed in 1994.
4XAOJ TIL the guy who voiced aol’s “you’ve got mail.” is now an Uber driver.
ejy5 TIL that allowing food time to stand after Microwave cooking isnt just a suggestion but required after 18 people contracted Salmonella enterica in the US by skipping this step
be6Q TIL avocados are toxic to most if not all animals, humans are the exception