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TIL Fish Fingers Were Nearly Named “Battered Cod Pieces” by the Manufacturer that Popularized Them in the UK

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p8NAQ TIL the arctic woolly bear moth, native to arctic Canada and Greenland, is known for its slow rate of development. Its caterpillar life cycle may extend up to 7 years with molting occurring each spring. While in dormancy, the larvae can withstand temperatures as low as −70 °C.
QWyd TIL that the word “galaxy” literally means “milky way,” so the milky way galaxy is the “milky way milky way.”
R7EL9 TIL Carmel, a city in Indiana, has the highest number of traffic roundabouts in the US. Since late 1990s the city has built 125 roundabouts.
0wWnA TIL plumbers call the day after Thanksgiving "Brown Friday", their busiest day of the year,
kODjm TIL that while less than 10% of people don't wear a seat belt, they make up almost 50% of car crash fatalities