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TIL: That Miami has never recorded a temperature over 100°F
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daVr
TIL that in the Borat DVD release, choosing the Hebrew language option results in a warning screen reading “You have been trapped, Jew!” which warns the viewer not to change his shape and keep his claws where they can be seen.
GYyON
TIL - The brain accounts for only 2% of your total body weight, but is is responsible for 20% of your energy use on average.
Bmwk
TIL during WWII the U.S. submarine Archerfish sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, but the U.S. Navy did not believe the submarine actually sank a carrier until the acting commander drew a picture of the carrier.
MaWB
TIL that in 1977, the “Human Calculator” Shakuntala Devi found the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds.
xd9o
TIL that after the Great Fire of London, an economist by the name of Nicholas If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone played a major role in pioneering fire insurance. (His very religious father, Praise-God Barebone chose his somewhat unusual middle name)