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TIL that when looking at a rainbow the angle between the tip of your shadow and the top of the rainbow will always be 42°.

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oBlYW TIL that the longest echo in a man-made structure is produced in an abandoned oil depot in Scotland, the Inchindown Oil Tanks. The echo lasts for 112 seconds.
pp9b TIL that your neighbor’s ham radio can interfere with your wifi signal, and that it is the ham radio operator’s responsibility not to mess up your wifi, and if they do, you can report them to the FCC and they can lose their license
J1jgl TIL: There are over 600 wallabies living wild on the Isle of Man after a small group originally escaped from a wildlife park in the 1960s
XE6eX TIL an Atlanta vegan couple was sentenced to life in prison for the death of their six-week-old malnourished baby boy starved to death, who was fed a limited diet of soy milk and apple juice.
wLjn7 TIL "healing crystals," which sellers market as a way to "connect to the Earth you're fighting to protect" are predominantly derived from places like Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo (known for lax environmental regulations) or from industrial-scale copper mines.