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TIL the name ‘Britain’ comes from the Celtic word 'Pretani,' meaning the ‘painted’ or the ‘tattooed’ ones

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nWWXP TIL Glaciers are not the second largest reservoir of water on Earth as previously thought. A 2021 study showed that groundwater is the second largest reservoir of water (at 43.9 million km^3) after Oceans (1.3 billion km^3). Glaciers are a distant third at 158,000 km^3.
YLoB TIL that on the day Deepwater Horizon exploded, BP officials had gathered on the platform to celebrate 7 years without an injury or accident
jNJEX TIL about a man who took the California State Bar Exam 48 times before he finally passed and transitioned from being his son's law clerk to his son's law partner
MeGMm TIL that iPhones with Face ID dampen loud alarms while you are looking at the screen in an effort to not alarm you. These are called "Attention Aware Features".
69MdY TIL Many Southern and Northwestern communities hold "Rattlesnake Round Ups" and name a "Lil Miss Snake Charmer."