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TIL the smoke you see when blowing out a candle isn't smoke at all, but paraffin wax vapour

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nWKJB TIL Dorinish (Irish: Deoirinis) is an uninhabited island in Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. During the 1970s it was briefly inhabited by Hippies who established a commune there under the patronage of the island's then owner John Lennon.
GRM5 TIL that Bioteeth From Stem-Cells Will Regrow Complete Teeth and Its Superior to Implants
160YO TIL about Klaus Barbie, a Nazi war criminal hiding in Bolivia after the war, was tricked into revealing his true identity during a fake interview by being asked a question in French, a language he wasn't supposed to understand.
REA8 TIL that the US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain, second only to Mexico.
GYZJj TIL Men generate their own little heat islands, kind of like walking space heaters. But since women typically have less muscle mass and evaporate less heat through the pores in their skin, they might feel colder than men in a room with the same air temperature