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TIL there are only 2 Nascar drivers to graduate from college

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0wgoR TIL the longest-running experiment is the pitch drop experiment. A funnel holding a sample of tar pitch sealed in a glass jar shows how some substances that appear solid are actually liquid. It takes 10 years for a single drop to form. The best known version of the experiment was started in 1927.
PLAL TIL that millions of spiders completely cocooned trees in silk after the unprecedented 2010 flooding in Pakistan.
R5pXj TIL In three consecutive days of June 2021, Lytton broke the all-time record for Canada's highest temperature, ending at 49.6 °C (121.3 °F) on June 29. This is the highest temperature ever recorded north of 45°N and higher than the all-time records for Europe and South America.
npr7 TIL Norway imports garbage from other countries to generate energy.
06oN TIL Thinkgeek got a cease-and-desist from the National Pork board for advertising Canned Unicorn Meat during april fools’ day