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TIL of a natural phenomenon called radiative cooling which the ancient Persians exploited to create ice, even when temperatures were above freezing

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xVZa0 TIL that there are more people buried in the Catacombs than the entire current population of Paris.
4XMbo TIL A woman who threw her poo out of her Tinder date's toilet window because it "would not flush" had to be rescued by emergency services after she got stuck trying to retrieve it.
Brgbb TIL: the speed of light can be slowed down
b9N19 TIL of Mamitu Gashe, an Ethiopian woman who suffered from an obstetric fistula as a teen. She remained at the free hospital where it was repaired to help out with chores. Over time her responsibilities grew, until she became one of the leading surgeons in her field without formal medical education.
DV8P TIL after discovering a bug in video poker machines, two men used it in order to win half a million dollars. When sued on federal hacking charges, their lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” They kept all the money.