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TIL that "Master" is an honorific used to address boys that are too young to be called "Mister".

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gw79 TIL the Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington has a traffic cone on the head. This is because every time it is removed, people replace it.
d8m6d TIL of a top secret US Cold War project "Iceworm" to build nuclear missile sites under the Greenland ice sheet. Abandoned due to ice instability it was assumed the chemical and radioactive waste would remain under the ice forever. It's now predicted this waste will re-enter the environment in 2100.
R7wYl TIL India is more densely populated than Japan.
evJ6 TIL that Isle Royale, the largest island on lake superior, has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. So the boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
KYXgE TIL about worm grunting. This is a procedure when a strip of metal is rubbed on to a wooden stake to create vibrations. These vibrations mimic the sounds of moles digging which drives the worms to the surface.