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TIL water towers aren’t just for water reserves, but actually creates the pressure we use.

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VMdxp TIL an ice cube sized block of Aerogel contains as much surface area as half a football field.
P1YPJ TIL that the blow-fly of East and Central Africa, commonly infects humans by laying its eggs on wet clothes, left out to dry and a good way to prevent the transfer to a person's skin, is to iron all clothes including underwear, which kills the eggs/larvae.
xVpZk TIL Greenland has four distinct Time Zones that cross its boundaries but the country is broken up into UTC0, UTC-1, UTC-3 and UTC-4. UTC-2 is only used during daylight savings. UTC0 is outside the country but the weather station Danmarkshavn, is set to European time for ease of reporting.
mJxR TIL of Paul Modrowski: Sentenced to life in prison for supposedly lending his car to someone who supposedly murdered a man, even though that person has since been ACQUITTED. He’s been in prison for almost 20 years. He’s kept a blog meticulously detailing his experiences.
1aANW TIL JFK's Dad, Joseph Kennedy made millions through insider trading. Years later he became the first chairman of the SEC and promptly made insider trading illegal