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TIL that the moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body is called Terminator

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D1XnD TIL of the Dragon tiger phoenix dish which contains snake, cat and chicken meat.
QJO9M TIL that an absolute legend of a bureaucrat (René Camille) saved countless lives under Nazi occupied France. He consistently sabotaged tabulating machines that IBM were happily supplying to the Nazis to round up 'undesirables' and deliberately staged huge bureaucratic cock-ups. He died in Dachau.
dVY7 TIL that Mount Disappointment, a mountain in Australia, got its name after hikers climbed to its summit and found the view to be underwhelming.
jN7wE TIL that human hair can be used to accurately measure relative humidity in the air. Human hair hygrometers have been in use since the 18th century.
dx1B TIL that Creedence Clearwater Revival isn’t from the bayou, or even the deep south. They’re a bunch of hippies from right outside of San Francisco.