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TIL that Lake Malawi (in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique), the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world, is called the "Calendar Lake", because it is 365 miles from top to bottom, 52 miles at its widest point, and 12 main rivers flow into the lake

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RYKQ TIL on September 2, 1666 a house caught fire in London. Mayor Thomas Bloodworth refused to permit pulling down surrounding buildings to prevent spread saying that, “a woman might piss it out,” and returned home to sleep. The fire then destroyed more than 75% of the city.
R7YRw TIL that New Zealand has an official Wizard. He was initially threatened with arrest because of his antics, but after being named a living work of art and performing a successful rain dance during a drought, the PM named him The official Wizard of NZ, Antarctica, and relevant offshore areas.
pvpO TIL a conservative think tank named 700 scientists who publicly reject evolution in favor of creationism. In response, the NCSE launched “Project Steve” and has found 1,250 scientists who support evolution, all of whom are named Steve.
awQDo TIL that Charles goodyear, the man who invented the tyre (by accident) went a little rubber crazy and obsessed, to the point he started wearing clothes made of rubber and eating off rubber dishes. He sold almost every belonging he had and replaced it with a tyre equivalent
W7MoN TIL that females typically have more white blood cells and develop fewer infectious diseases