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TIL that several countries outside of the U.S call American football "Gridiron"

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xVOA1 TIL the sweet "springtime" scent I had been attributing to honeysuckles is actually a Chinese Privet
VMjrQ TIL of Alcor Life, A company which freezes human bodies in 500 below 0 temperature chambers so they can be revived in the future. They currently have 1,731 people under Cryo chambers
4QA6 TIL that the coloration of the windows of one of MIT’s dorms, Simmons Hall, correlates with the amount of structural stress at each segment of the wall.
RArj TIL that the AMBER Alert system (named after the murdered child Amber Hagerman) officially stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response”. When Canada adopted AMBER Alerts, Quebec named its system “Alerte Médiatique But Enfant Recherché” (“Media Alert for Child Recovery” in French).
jNgKQ TIL Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany (with 3.8 million inhabitants in 2019) still hasn't reached its pre-war population (4.3 million in 1939).