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TIL that by 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert

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NG56 TIL That John Dillinger didn’t lock away 3 guards as portrayed in the movie Public Enemies. It was actually 17. It was toned down so that it would seem more believable to audiences.
rRxD0 TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.
OoYkg TIL of of Chloe Phillips-Harris, who was denied access to Kazakhstan in 2016 under the guise that New Zealand did not exist because the map in the detention room did not include it
kPLW TIL in the early 1900s a transexual man (born as a woman) was able to pass for a man, enabling him to vote, marry two successive wives, adopt a daughter and successfully stand for political office in NYC.
M4Vb TIL that the Wizard of Oz tornado was a big sock with wind and dirt thrown at it.