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TIL that the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, UK) conducted an online naming poll for a polar research vessel. The name "Boaty McBoatface " was the runaway winner of the poll with 124,109 votes.

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d8xBE TIL that Magpies have been observed taking part in elaborate grieving rituals, which have been likened to human funerals, including laying grass wreaths.
xRdw TIL that there is a math version of Scrabble, with 0~9, + - * / ^ and ≡ (always equal) tiles. A legal “word” is a correct equation.
RG41 TIL that the 45 caliber Colt 1911 was adopted because the issued 38 caliber revolvers couldn’t stop the Moro guerillas the US Army was fighting in the Philippines
M7AOA TIL that people who live in cities are 30% more likely to be depressed than people living in rural areas
Bg7me TIL in 2011, the Kellogg's brand decided to add Vitamin D to all of its cereals in the UK due to the fact that 1 in 5 people in the UK were deficient in Vitamin D. A study in 2021 showed that 1 in 6 adults in the UK have low levels of vitamin D in their blood