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TIL ice can be one of 15 different solid phases

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YpwaP TIL that in 2019, the cardigan sweater that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert sold for $334,000. It is currently the most expensive sweater to ever be sold at an auction.
j6dMX TIL Massachusetts is the only state that doesn't allow happy hour.
PYXQn TIL that Americans don’t size their papers like A2, A3 or A4 but they use Letter, Legal or Junior Legal.
VGRp TIL ‘you’ was plural but used for singular, not the reverse. It was used to show respect until the singular 'thou’ became kinda rude. This is why we say “you are” for both cases.
5Vwxr TIL that Frank Zappa intended his 1982 song “Valley Girl” to be a mocking satire of California’s teen culture, but ironically, the song’s success instead popularized the “valley girl” accent nationwide. So much so, that a film titled “Valley Girl” was released a year later.