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TIL there's no automation in measuring snowfall - the US National Weather Service has thousands of volunteers with rulers

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6EpJ TIL that a boy born in 1783 had two heads, one on top of the other with the second head upside down so that the neck stub was up in the air. The second head had a fully functional brain.
QxoX TIL in 1884 there were four men stranded on a lifeboat without food or water. After 20 days, two of the men decided to kill and eat the weakest. Four days later, the men were picked up and rescued. The two men that killed and ate their crew member were later charged and found guilty of murder.
Y7K0v TIL: Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery
AM17 TIL After his success in the Harry Potter films Rupert Grint bought a 1974 Mr Whippy Bedford van to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an ice cream man. He drives around local villages giving free ice cream and lollipops to children.
neygP TIL that U.S. states used to conduct their own censuses.