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TIL water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.

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WkyOY TIL that during the filming of Breaking Bad actress Julia Minesci who played a meth addicted prostitute was legitimately propositioned for sex during the shooting of a scene.
ngw9 TIL there is a territory in Costa Rica called Territorio De Zaguates (Land of the Strays) which is basically a huge no kill dog shelter where you can hike for free with the dogs
Vndm TIL in 1988, Cuba was the only non-African nation to lend military support to anti-apartheid forces in South Africa that led to the successful defeat of US-backed mercenaries, and is an “example of principled anti-imperialist internationalism in the last decades of the twentieth century.”
LQ1nm TIL that Albania had no standard gauge railways until 1947, built over 660km (410mi) in forty years, then closed the entire network in 2021.
yVQYl TIL that the most serious and gravest Crime in the United Kingdom is High Treason - i.e: disloyalty to the Crown, or any attempts to deprive the Queen of her crown and undermine the line of succession to the throne.