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TIL that the clearest body of freshwater known in the world is “The blue lake” or “Rotomairewhenua” in New Zealand

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4kDQJ TIL that there will be no Hanukkah in the year 3031, but two Hanukkahs in 3032. This is due to the overlap between the Jewish and Gregorian calendars, as well as the leap month added to the Jewish calendar.
jNr4n TIL about 'The Cutter Documents' which revealed that in 1980s pharmaceutical companies knowingly sold HIV contaminated blood products to hemophilia patients. It ended up killing many people.
ekL6 TIL that in 1950 Louis Eliasberg completed the first and only complete U.S. coin collection - one of every date, metal, denomination, and mint mark ever struck as of that year
0wGWL TIL of Charles Ingram. A man who won "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" by having one of the audience members cough when he said the correct answer. He was later convicted for deception and later arrested for an unrelated insurance fraud.
15Wd TIL that ZZ Top refused a $1,000,000 offer from Gilette to shave their beards for an ad.