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TIL pure water does not conduct electricity and is an excellent electrical insulator.

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78ra7 TIL about a Madagascan lemur called Aye-aye which has a structurally unique and long middle finger that it uses to pull out grubs and insects out of trees
VMG4p TIL 30 years ago, California's state government contributed to 50% of UC Berkeley's funding. Today, they just contribute to 14% of the school's funding.
p8GEb TIL General Patton was removed from his post in Italy during WW2 for slapping shell-shocked soldiers in the face. He was transferred to England to lead a fake regiment of inflatable tanks, which served as a distraction to convince the Germans that Normandy would not be the spot of Allied invasion.
N7gjP TIL that there is a true heavy metal band, weighing about 1 1/2 tons, consisting of only robots. The guitar player has 78 fingers
w06W TIL there is a star in our galaxy that is 5 billion times volume of our sun.