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TIL: Bacteria are present in clouds and help make snow/rain/clouds better than dust

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WjKB TIL that “spaghetti” is actually the plural form of the word. An individual strand is referred to as a “spaghetto”
PWde TIL: Creationism’s monkey-typewriter argument was refuted by a 1980s computer program that randomly generated phrases while preserving the positions of individual letters. The computer wrote Hamlet in just 4.5 days.
BrLDb TIL that one of the last messages ever sent by the Nazis and intercepted by intelligence officials at Bletchley Park in the UK was "British troops entered Cuxhaven at 1400 on 6 May. From now on all radio traffic will cease - wishing you all the best"
m18BR TIL that no person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
lYma TIL that during Katrina, people and their pets were evacuated to schools in St. Bernard Parish. Law enforcement then ordered them to evacuate and leave their pets behind. They were told that the animals would be rescued. Instead they were shot and left to die. (WARNING: last half is very graphic.)