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TIL A Calvin and Hobbes documentary will be released after years of work this November.

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awORM TIL that workers on Antarctica are starting to develop an accent. The way the Antarctic “winterers” are together for several months is similar to a colonial settlement: there's no access to/from Antarctica in winter and they're in regular (spoken) contact with each other.
Lk7L0 TIL A factoid was originally defined as a piece of information that's commonly believed to be true, but which is actually false. For example, the idea that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space by the naked eye is a factoid
5YPgB TIL in 2016, Apple released software that would self-destruct iPhones if a repair was made on it by a third party, forcing customers to buy a new one. These practices were found illegal in countries with consumer laws such as Australia, forcing Apple to stop.
5YkLR TIL hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window
4ka5R TIL There's a supercar vending machine in Singapore that dispenses Ferraris and Lamborghinis