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TIL water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.

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AVnd TIL Julian Assange has been stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy longer than his maximum prison sentence would be, should he have been convicted in Sweden.
VBBoQ TIL that the LDS (Mormon) Temple in Stockholm, Sweden was built on top of ancient viking iron age burial grounds.
X0wJ8 TIL about the liking gap, which is that people you meet like you more than you think. Psychologists found that "people systematically underestimated how much their conversation partners liked them and enjoyed their company."
Wk9g8 TIL Warren Buffet, a billionaire worth ~$50 billion, was audited by the IRS in 1944 when he was 14 for making more than $500 during his paper route. He filed a tax return and was able to get a $45 return for bicycle maintenance and a broken watch.
k9y7 TIL that Verne Troyer was born Amish