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TIL Cwtch (Welsh; pronounced ‘kutch’, rhyming with ‘butch’) is a special hug that makes you feel safe in the world.

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P17Rg TIL Queen ants can have lifespan of 20-30 years, and some worker ants can live several years.
8Bl4 TIL Louis C.K.’s initials C & K, aren’t actually initials. His real last name is Székely, but it is really pronounced See-Kay, so he changed his name to Louis C.K. to make it easier for people to say.
vPbx TIL in 1848 an iron rod exploded through the skull of a railroad foreman and landed 80 feet away. He was speaking and walking minutes later. The doctor didn’t believe him until a “teacupful of the brain” fell on the floor. He died 12 years later, after having portraits made of him holding the rod
jpDp TIL that when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it only had about 25 seconds of fuel left.