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TIL People who hang out watching canal traffic are called Gongoozlers.

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XErer TIL if you put multiple out of phase metronomes on a movable surface, they will synchronize themselves according to what is called a Kuramoto model of synchronization
8aLdL TIL the Irish & Native Americans have a 2 century-long friendship, which started after the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to survivors of the Potato Famine in 1847, even though they were still reeling from the Trail of Tears
JY79m TIL about Operation Chariot. The WWII mission where 611 British Commandos rammed a disguised, explosive laden destroyer, into one of the largest Nazi submarine bases in France filled with 5000 nazis, withdrew under fire, then detonated the boat, destroying one of the largest dry docks in the world.
9Y57B TIL that the main purpose of an extractor fan in a bathroom is to remove moisture rather than get rid of the poop smell
OG9Dg TIL an Ethiopian goatherd Kaldi probably discovered Arabian coffee. In the 9th century, he observed his energetic flock after they chewed on coffee plant berries.