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TIL that in 2011, the Twin Cities experienced such extremes in weather that the day the last of the snow finally melted, it was 103°F.

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BrNJW TIL a research study led by University of Oxford found out that atheists and highly religious people are the ones least scared of death.
9YjVB TIL That the term Peeping Tom came from the story of Lady Godiva since he was the only person to look at her during her naked ride through Coventry
R5vE4 TIL that the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris featured cannon shooting, firefighting, lifesaving and angling
gMlrA TIL that tomatoes possess the genes to produce capsaicinoids but they are not expressed. Recently, researchers discovered a technique to turn on translation of those genes and they grew spicy tomatoes.
1pJO TIL there is a site on Earth that had naturally occurring nuclear fission reactions.