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TIL a scientist found two snowflakes identical.

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N7vRJ TIL a Jacksonville Florida man who wished to remain anonymous bought over 100 generators (at about $450 each) to send to the Bahamas via the Errol Thurston Bahamas Hurricane Relief Fund. (A fellow Florida man in line with him at Costco noticed it and posted about the man's deed on social media).
v1ajR TIL There’s a beer that is 67.5% alcohol. It’s got warnings on it not to drink the whole bottle and you can only order one at a time
1ldW TIL that close to 1800 studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to see the effects of public opinion on policies. The study showed that American public opinion has 0 to negligible effect on policies. But corporate donor effect had a direct correlation to policies.
a8wpN TIL that a soldier's Zippo lighter, found in the jungle in Vietnam, was returned to its rightful owner 50 years later ahead of Veteran's Day 2021. The Zippo was engraved with the soldiers name, but the two men never met despite being part of the same unit.
p8VNZ TIL Biomarkers in human sperm have been identified that can indicate a tendency to father children with autism spectrum disorder