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TIL that one of the ingredients of Worcestershire Sauce is anchovies.

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NXMBE TIL the Rivergate Tower is a 454ft tall skyscraper with 32 floors and is the sixth tallest building in Tampa, Florida USA and one of the tallest limestone buildings in the world. It was designed by architect Harry Wolf who based its measurements on the Fibonacci Series.
ovJK TIL that the atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites are programmed to compensate for time dilation due to General Relativity. Otherwise, after just one day, GPS devices would show coordinates that would be off by around 10Km!
p8YM4 TIL the royal family (UK) changed their name to House of Windsor from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, due to German bombers of the name Gotha carrying out a strike on a school that killed 18 children on June 13, 1917.
9Yv1Q TIL about the Wood Frog. These frogs have adapted to cold climates by freezing over the winter. During this time, they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. Their bodies produce a special antifreeze substance that prevents ice from freezing within their cells
x65w0 TIL that the original run of The Jetsons lasted just one season (1962-1963) spanning 24 episodes.