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TIL That water can have an ice that's so crystal clear. A lake among High Tatras Mountains in Slovakia has it.

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0vAL TIL Finnur Magnusson identified cracks in a rock as Runes and stated that they made up an epic poem about Harald Wartooth, for victory against the Swedish king Sigurd Ring at the Battle of Brávellir. Turns out he was 100% wrong, they were just naturally formed cracks and he looked quite the fool.
rraW TIL a man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting with intent to kill and robbery requested that his sentence was extended to 33 years, to match Larry Bird’s NBA jersey number. The request was granted.
7rMeO TIL - Reindeer are the only species of the family cervidae where both males and females develope antlers. But this isnt the best part. Males loose their antlers in autumn, while females keep theirs until spring of the following year. This means Rudolph and all of santas reindeer are female!
l7WPr TIL The Beach Boys performed a song written by Charles Manson on the Mike Douglas Show in 1969
vPRoL TIL that the city of Isfahan immediately surrendered to the turco-Mongol conqueror Timur and was treated with mercy. The city then killed Timur’s tax collector and his soldiers. He ordered the massacre of over 100,000 of the cities citizens and built dozens of piles out of their heads as revenge.