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TIL that Lake Kariba, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is the world's largest artificial lake by volume. It contains 43 cubic miles of water and has a surface area of 2,150 square miles

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69X6m TIL about Odette Sansom Hallowes. An SOE agent during WWII, she was captured by the Gestapo, interrogated, tortured, and sentenced to death twice. She survived the war and was the first woman to be awarded the UK’s George Cross. In 1951 her GC was stolen, but later returned with an apology note.
r1AW TIL soapy water can solve the ‘connect the towns’ puzzle in seconds, connecting four posts with the minimum possible 'road length’ between them, thanks to it’s tendency to minimize it’s free energy.
LQMGv TIL New York City implemented a bird-killing program to reduce bird strikes at LaGuardia Airport. Over 70,000 birds have been culled since Flight 1549's ditching in the Hudson River in 2009.
waJ7 TIL of the Mountains of Kong, a West African mountain range that was charted on maps for nearly a hundred years. It was later discovered that the mountains never existed and were made up by the original cartographer.
v1wVL TIL that Eye of Newt was just another name for mustard seed.