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TIL that there are 23 known types of H2O ice, including 20 "crystalline" types and 3 "amorphous solid" types.

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0wnQL TIL when basketball first started, the backboard was not a designed piece of equipment. They were added years later to keep fans from interfering with the game.
YpjZx TIL Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 Nobel Prize winner for Literature got death threats for writing her magnum opus, 'The Books of Jacob'
4Xo6b TIL bears purr, similar to cats, when they are happy and comfortable.
4kDON TIL Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer who attempted to prove that the building's glass windows were unbreakable by throwing himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and Hoy fell to his death.