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TIL there are 17 different phases of ice which are created under various temperatures and pressures.

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89oX TIL starlings exist in North America because one guy wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare.
9wL8p TIL that the first recorded Ponzi scheme wasn’t by Charles Ponzi: it was by German Adele Spitzeder in the 19th century, who used new investors’ money to repay old investors. At her height, she was the wealthiest woman in Bavaria, until she was convicted of bad accounting and stripped of her assets
NDP1 TIL during the production of Star Wars, Peter Cushing found Grand Moff Tarkin’s boots, furnished by the wardrobe department, to be very uncomfortable. George Lucas agreed to limit shots where Cushing’s feet would be visible, allowing him to wear his own slippers.
KXgR TIL Heath Ledger turned down the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins saying that he “would never take a part in a superhero film.”
x4b5 TIL Violent crime in the US and Europe was at its highest in areas with the most lead pollution. Violent crime peaked 20 years after lead additives in petrol and paint were banned, before declining thereafter.