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TIL that people in sotland have 421 words for snow!

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16A5X TIL that Edward Teller, the physicist who advocated for Oppenheimer to lose his security clearance suggested using nukes to create artifical harbours, fracking oil and preventing hurricanes
dD0g8 TIL about the Pan American highway system that connects Alaska to Argentina. There is a break called the Darien Gap which requires a 4 day hike to cross the rainiest place on earth… about 100km. It is the longest road in the world.
Wkebd TIL that the halo sniper is real
Z8Jko TIL About Empedocles, a Greek philosopher who thought he was a God. In order to prove his divinity, he leapt into Mount Etna to show that he could survive the fire. It is said his bronze sandal was found after it was spat out of the volcano.
N7mgQ TIL that at almost $11 billion, the annual NYPD budget is more than 3 times higher than the entire UN budget of just over $3 billion.