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TIL The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions.

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koZ7 TIL: In China, “the hero pays for their action”. If you help someone, you assume responsibility, and are at risk of being sued.
r5Q1 TIL Janet Leigh, star of Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, was so traumatized upon first viewing of the infamous shower scene in which she was stabbed to death, that she refused to take a shower ever again IRL and only took baths.
0GMN TIL that Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning album “Jazz From Hell” received a parental advisory sticker even though it is a collection of instrumental pieces and contains no lyrics at all
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