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TIL The bottom of Lake Ontario is so cold that skyscrapers use it as coolant for AC systems

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yVAwe TIL Coney Island was at one point and island and they artificially connected it to Brooklyn in the 1920s-30s
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gGX7 TIL that the Pacific Ocean is so big it has its own antipodes (two points on exact opposite sides of the earth)
jb7M TIL that in 1795, French cavalry charged across the frozen bay at Den Helder to capture a trapped Dutch fleet. It is the only time in history a naval fleet has been defeated by a cavalry charge.
9Ryr TIL a watch strapped to your ankle will eventually fall behind one strapped to your wrist due to time dilation