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TIL Aside from Thanksgiving, Americans eat more on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day.

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k4QW Today I learned that publications in Israel have to disclose whether a fashion model was made to look thinner through photo manipulation
l7YN TIL there is a variant of chess called “Singularity Chess” played on a board distorted in the center. Due to the distortion, some pieces can make U-turns, attack the same square multiple ways, and bishops can change square colors.
VBkxZ TIL about Chewang Norphel, an engineer who created 15 artificial glaciers in the Ladakh region of India, a high altitude cold desert drier than the Sahara, increasing water access to many villages transforming the lives of thousands. He was called "The Iceman of Ladakh".
MmeK TIL Nikola Tesla’s statue in Silicon Valley provides a free wi-fi signal to nearby people.
gMx9D TIL The first Earth Day was in 1970 and was proposed by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. After seeing the damage caused by a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in 1969, he was inspired to educate the public about the environment.