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TIL Since the 1970s, the residents of Annapolis, Maryland have celebrated an Oyster Roast and Sock Burning every year on the Spring Equinox.

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e0mXE TIL Western Australia crowd sources emergency medical assistance through an app that alerts all qualified users within 500m of an emergency and provides a map with the location of every registered defibrillator in the state.
PYWRg TIL that despite apparent aloofness, cats are social creatures capable of relationships with people. In an experiment commonly used to measure bonds that dogs and primates form with caretakers, about two-thirds of cats displayed secure attachments which equal those found for infants and dogs.
yVOPX TIL that ants outnumber humans by 2.5 million times. 20 quadrillion total.
kJjnW TIL that the German word "Kartoffel" for potato derives from the Italian "tartufo" or "tartufolo" for truffel as German speakers took the first potatoes they saw for truffel from Italy
M1lm TIL in 1967 the Prime Minister of Australia mysteriously disappeared while swimming. He was pronounced dead 2 days later but no body has ever been found.