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TIL Arctic foxes don't start shivering until -94 °F / -70 °C

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e0BDn TIL Writer Norah Vincent lived as a man for 18 months. She said the experience opened her eyes to the “suffering of men”, namely the pain from a lack of emotional intimacy & weight of being “providers”. Traumatized by the ordeal, she checked herself into a mental health facility after it was over.
A4Xx TIL that for the last 10+ years, 2 disabled men in China, one without arms and the other without sight, have been planting trees together and have so far planted more than 10,000.
W8Oo TIL that in 1348 the Scots invaded the English because they were weakened by the plague. The Scots subsequently caught the plague themselves, went back to Scotland, and killed their own population
NXPeQ TIL the State of Georgia has 159 counties. One is named after a woman: (Nancy Morgan) Hart County. Two are named after someone who was born after 1850. At least seven are named for Confederate soldiers.
8apMa TIL that professional golfer Sam Snead once intentionally lost a televised match because he realized that he had accidentally broken a rule and thought that pointing this out and being disqualified would spoil the show.