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TIL Traffic in Toronto is so bad, drivers in the GTA lose about 118 hours a year stuck in it.

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OoNjL TIL that the abrupt release of approx. 50 gigatonnes of arctic methane is highly possible at any time. Such a release would increase global methane levels by a factor of 12.
l7XVB TIL That Princess Peach also goes by the name Princess Toadstool in the Super Mario Bros discourse
6L87 TIL that there is only one surviving Ninjutsu master left. He has chosen not to appoint a new ninja grandmaster, and consequently let the lineage of the last surviving ninja clan die with him because “the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age.”
9Y7WG TIL Deglazing: What it Is and Why To Do It. Deglazing is a fancy and intimidating word that means to pour some cold liquid into a very hot pan to get up all the brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pan. Those brown bits are where all the flavors are, and it is called “fond.”
P19dg TIL the name Dennis is derived from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine.