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TIL some tortoises live in arid environments and steppes

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5YPxD TIL of Steve Leech, a milkman who was doing his rounds when he saw a shop on fire. He used 320 pints of milk to put out the fire, saving 7 other stores. He received the award for "Hero Milkman of the Millennium"
6EYo7 TIL, The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle and its paranormal explanations
NmrM TIL a reporter who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself - and he later allegedly committed suicide by drowning himself in a bucket of water
Jrlv TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”
loykB TIL that a fully underground elementary school with a dual purpose as a fallout shelter was built in New Mexico in 1962 and operated until 1995.