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TIL that the chunks of ice that break off of icebergs are officially called "bergy bits"

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69MXZ TIL that the IAU (International Astronomical Union) only recognizes 88 official constellations. Any pattern of stars that is not one of the 88 official constellations is called an asterism, with the most well-known ones being the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, Orion's Belt, and the Summer Triangle.
xVxK5 TIL the official measure/definition of a second (time): The duration of 9,192,631,770 ‘oscillations’ of a Caesium 133 atom at rest and at absolute zero temperature
1EPV TIL John Lasseter was fired from Disney in 1983 for pushing too hard for computer animation. When Disney bought Pixar in 2006, Lasseter was given a $5 million signing bonus, a $2.5 million salary, and control of all Disney’s animation projects.
QNKPE TIL that the official Canadian keyboard layout (CSA) has a snow mode. The key is equivalent to Control key in other layouts.
OJOY TIL American soldiers would wrap suicide attackers from the Moro Muslim group in the Philippines in pig skin to make them unfit to go to heaven and deter potential future attacks by them