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Today I learned a pole with a orange sock is called a wind sock. It tells you the direction the wind is coming from

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KO5aR TIL Ruthie Tompson, one of the animators of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, and Sleeping Beauty, is still alive. She is 110 years old
71rr TIL there is a $100 coin that is legal U.S. tender. They weigh1 ounce and are 99.95% platinum. This is the highest face value ever to appear on a U.S. coin.
QRjM TIL that after the Muhammed cartoons controversy, an Iranian newspaper launched the ‘Holocaust Cartoon Competition’ to denounce “Western hypocrisy on freedom of speech”. The Danish journalist behind Muhammed cartoons said they’ll publish the Holocaust cartoons but he was ultimately fired.
4k48a TIL that fuzzy ants are actually wasps, but are still called ants.
WyNA TIL that Dean Karnazes ran for 350 miles nonstop, over three sleepless nights … just because he felt like trying to.