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TIL about the diverging diamond interchange (DDI). Despite my intuitions experiencing the crossover intersections I learned they are safer, more efficient, and cheaper intersections to make.

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rRZ7x TIL that Fluffy, a cat, got stuck in a frozen vortex and was caked in ice. She was essentially frozen solid. The vets managed to thaw her out by putting her in a heated kennel and she made a full recovery a day later.
wodrY TIL of the Katyn Massacre - where the Russian/Soviet government murdered approximately 22,000 Polish military officers/PoWs between April - May 1940.
YpBpx TIL Morton's fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion. Asserting that a person suspected of a crime who is acting nervously must have something to hide, while a person who acts calmly and confidently must be skilled at hiding something.
6Elg8 TIL about Peisistratos, a tyrant in ancient Athens(~550BC) who overthrow democracy by force yet maintained the government structure, and used his power to confront the aristocracy, reduce their privilege and take from their lands and give to the poor.
OwW1 TIL the first scientist to see penguins engage in gay sex and necrophilia was so disturbed he tried to obscure his findings