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TIL the sun isn't "strong enough" in northern latitudes to produce vitamin D during the winter, no matter how much sunlight you get.

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d9XB TIL that people of the British Virgin Islands are British and EU citizens but the offical currency is USD, and they drive on the left side of the road but the cars are left hand drive.
5YvR8 TIL about Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater, who became the "missingest man in New York," when he disappeared on the streets of Manhattan in 1930. On the day he destroyed several documents, shifted portfolios to his 5th Ave apartment and withdrew $5000. He was declared legally dead in 1939.
y1aa TIL that the blobfish is actually a normal looking fish, it just decompresses when you take it out of extreme depths.
GYwRG TIL when Philip Glass was composing Music in Twelve Parts, he only finished the first part as he intended for it to be played by 12 musicians; but when a friend took a listen and asked what the other 11 parts was gonna be like, Glass went on to compose the other parts as a challenge.
XEn8E TIL Elizabeth Eckford of the little rock 9 was alone on the day of that iconic photo because her family had no telephone!