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TIL that scientists have found a lake believed to be untouched by climate change which they call “God’s Bathtub”

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m1xLy TIL Taylor has exclusive rights to supply and make repairs to McFlurry machines at over 13,000 McDonald's locations. A company called Kytch created a tool that helps McDonald’s franchisees diagnose problems with their McFlurry machines.
DQPGD TIL Grateful Dead bassist played a prank on Jerry Garcia when he hired Barney to make a cameo mid-concert - his doing so was unknown to the other band members!!
yVXJe TIL that a secret Nazi weather station sat undiscovered in Canada for decades.
d8dnr TIL that Persian rugs have an imperfection by design in them, because of the belief that only Allah can make perfection
GAR75 TIL Galileo was convicted of heresy partially due to a misunderstanding. In his book he gave the character arguing against Heliocentrism the name "Simplicio" after a famous philosopher. In Italian this could also be construed as "simpleton" though and the church/Pope took it as him insulting them.