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TIL that there is a town Honduras where once a year, hundreds of small silver fish rain from the sky. Locals are stumped on where the fish come from or why the fish are blind.

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NkV1 TIL a simple equation called Dawes Formula is very accurate at predicting success of marriages - “frequency of lovemaking minus frequency of quarrels”. A positive difference predicts marital happiness, a negative one unhappiness.
j68Ga TIL Winston Churchill’s favorite wine was Pol Roger champagne, which he has been estimated to have drank 42,000 bottles in his lifetime. When he died in 1965 Pol Roger ordered black-bordered labels to be placed on all their bottles in his honor.
ykBv TIL The 52 Playing cards in a deck represent the 52 weeks in a year. The 4 suits represent the 4 seasons.
ywPX TIL that “sentience” means “the ability to feel” and does not mean “self aware”. “Sapience” is the ability to have complex thought. Therefore, it is probably true that all animals with a brain are sentient.
eGKn TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the “dollarydoo”, based on a classic ‘The Simpsons’ episode. Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claim.